as in drool
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
our mouths filled with saliva when we smelled the delicious dinner
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Recent Examples of saliva
It’s spread from rodents to people, typically when urine, saliva or feces particles containing the hantavirus get into the air.
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Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 18 May 2026
The virus is typically transmitted to humans when they are bitten or come into contact with the urine, droppings and saliva of an infected rodent.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Andes virus largely spreads to humans who breathe in viral particles found in rodents’ feces, urine, and saliva, and is the only hantavirus known to transmit between people.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 May 2026
People can contract the viruses through contact with infected rodents or their droppings, saliva or urine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
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Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 18 May 2026
The virus is typically transmitted to humans when they are bitten or come into contact with the urine, droppings and saliva of an infected rodent.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Andes virus largely spreads to humans who breathe in viral particles found in rodents’ feces, urine, and saliva, and is the only hantavirus known to transmit between people.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 May 2026
People can contract the viruses through contact with infected rodents or their droppings, saliva or urine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saliva
Noun
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Hicks can take advantage of the matchup and cash his home run prop at drool-inducing +700 odds.—
Josh Shepardson,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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His jowls had dragged ropes of drool.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The tacos brim over at this longstanding Harlem spot, a treasury of meats, among them cecina, suadero, barbacoa with caramelly edges, and the zenith, al pastor, flame-red pork shorn off the spit, with a slab of pineapple tucked in.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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With dirt flying everywhere from Cox’s kicking and with spit leaving his mouth between words not used by Sunday School teachers, he was ejected from a record 162 games.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Noun
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The younger Pearl does not stalk the sideline drenched in sweat, veins bulging from his neck and spittle flying at every questionable call.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
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This surgical mask is my disguise and my means of shielding myself from covid spittle.—
Cora Frazier,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Saliva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saliva. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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