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• v  produce saliva
  We salivated when he described the great meal
• v  be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something

• Whenever Lorelei appears onscreen, undulating in second-skin, cleavage-proud knitwear or the sheerest orange chiffon, all heads turn, salivate and explode.
• Now it's achieving a level of recognition that makes other countries salivate.
• What they mean is that like Pavlov's dog, trained to salivate at the sound of a bell, animals are similarly trained to anticipate lots of calories when they taste something sweet .

• drool

News & Articles

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• Republicans Begging for Money to Put Massachusetts Senate Seat In Play
  On paper, Gabriel Gomez is the type of Senate candidate Republican strategists have been waiting for. A former Navy SEAL who's the son of Colombian immigrants, his biography is tailor-made for big-money donors to salivate over.
  June 13, 2013 - National Journal via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Kate Copstick in guardian.co.uk
  It's almost like writing about food,says Copstick. "Ladies who lunch should not really write about food because they don't really love food. They don't salivate at the thought of a great steak."
• Jerry Abramson in Newsday
  Those are the kind of jobs that cities and states salivate over,said Mayor Jerry Abramson. "We certainly put a very aggressive financial package on the table, but came up short in terms of our need for amending our regulatory structure."
• Richard Gere in San Bernardino Sun
  But there was something to gain for everyone - money, prestige, power,Gere adds. "If you were in the publishing business, you'd salivate. You'd want it to be yours."