drivel
saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle.
to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver.
to talk childishly or idiotically.
Archaic. to issue like spittle.
to utter childishly or idiotically.
to waste foolishly.
Origin of drivel
1Other words from drivel
- driv·el·er; especially British, driv·el·ler, noun
- driv·el·ing·ly; especially British, driv·el·ling·ly, adverb
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How to use drivel in a sentence
He would put all such drivelers to work upon the roads, and thus make them contribute to the nation's wealth.
Children of the Market Place | Edgar Lee MastersAnd people who do permit these interruptions are not conversationalists; they are mere drivelers.
Conversation | Mary Greer ConklinThe journals venturing such an opinion were childish drivelers, putting forth views long since exploded before the whole world.
For the occasion for using them grows daily less; only drivelers now find them indispensably necessary.
Human, All Too Human | Friedrich NietzscheTo guess at the imaginings of drivelers, and seem to be what they think one ought to be.
British Dictionary definitions for drivel
/ (ˈdrɪvəl) /
to allow (saliva) to flow from the mouth; dribble
(intr) to speak foolishly or childishly
foolish or senseless talk
saliva flowing from the mouth; slaver
Origin of drivel
1Derived forms of drivel
- driveller or US driveler, noun
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