drivel

[driv-uhl]

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)

driveled, driveling , drivelled, drivelling .

1. to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver.

2. to talk childishly or idiotically.

3. Archaic.,  to issue like spittle.

verb (used with object)

driveled, driveling , drivelled, drivelling .

1. to utter childishly or idiotically.

2. to waste foolishly.

drivel

/ ˈdrɪvəl /

verb

1. to allow (saliva) to flow from the mouth; dribble

2. (intr) to speak foolishly or childishly

noun

1. foolish or senseless talk

2. saliva flowing from the mouth; slaver

Other Word Forms

• driveler noun
• drivelingly adverb
• driveller noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of drivel¹

before 1000; Middle English dryvelen, variant of drevelen, Old English dreflian; akin to draff

Word History and Origins

Origin of drivel¹

Old English dreflian to slaver; see _draff

Example Sentences

Clearly, Wright wants to make a political satire that echoes the drivel of our own actual news.

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I guess the three exclamation points drive home the drivel.

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It's just absolute drivel every time Martin opens his mouth.

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But quashing that speculation would likely require content more scintillating than this drivel.

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It was "20 tracks of instrumental drivel", she says.

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Related Words

• babble 
• blather 
• gibberish 
• nonsense 
• tripe