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driveller

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driv⋅el

  [driv-uhl] noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
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–noun
1. saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
2. childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle.
–verb (used without object)
3. to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver.
4. to talk childishly or idiotically.
5. Archaic. to issue like spittle.
–verb (used with object)
6. to utter childishly or idiotically.
7. to waste foolishly.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME dryvelen, var. of drevelen, OE dreflian; akin to draff

Related forms:
driv⋅el⋅er; especially British, driv⋅el⋅ler, noun
driv⋅el⋅ing⋅ly; especially British, driv⋅el⋅ling⋅ly, adverb
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