salivate
verb [I] /ˈsæl.ɪ.veɪt/ specialized or humorousDefinition
› to produce saliva: The thought of all that delicious food made me salivate.Bodily fluids and their productionUrine and urinating
(Definition of salivate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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