Drivel
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English
Noun
Drivel (uncountable)Verb
Drivel (third-person singular simple present drivels, present participle driveling or drivelling, simple past and past participle driveled or drivelled)
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Adjectives
maudlin; meaningless; puerile; sentimental.
Thesaurus
Greek, absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, balls, baloney, be insane, be stupid, bibble-babble, blabber, blather, blatherskite, blither, blow, blunder away, bombast, bosh, bull, bullshit, burble, cast away, chatter, claptrap, consume, crap, dither, dote, double-talk, dribble, drool, expectorate, expectoration, eyewash, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flapdoodle, flummery, foam, folderol, fritter, froth, fudge, fustian, gab, gabble, galimatias, gammon, garbage, gas, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, gobbledygook, have a demon, hawk, hocus-pocus, hogwash, hooey, hot air, humbug, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, malarkey, maunder, mouth-watering, mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, niaiserie, nonsense, pack of nonsense, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, ptyalism, rage, ramble, rant, rattle, rave, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish, run amok, run mad, saliva, salivate, salivation, sialagogue, skimble-skamble, slabber, slaver, slobber, spew, spit, spittle, sputum, squander, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, talk nonsense, throw away, trash, trifle away, tripe, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle, vapor, vaporing, waffle, waffling, wander
Etymology
From Old English dravelen, drabelen, drevelen, drivelen, to slaver
Pronunciation
Translations
Noun
Verb
- The translations below need to be checked.
Synonyms
- To have saliva drip from the mouth : drool
- To talk nonsense : See WikiSaurus:nonsense.
References
Drivel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
