drivel
noun
saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
driveled
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past participleof drivel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof drivel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
drivelnounsaliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
Example Sentences
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The very horses had caught the inspiration of the moment, champing bits in their effort to forge to the front rank, while the blood-stained slaver coated many breasts or driveled from our boots.
From The Outlet by Andy Adams
"I oughtn't to have driveled about that accident," he said.
From An Unpardonable Liar by Gilbert Parker
Then his reflections driveled off into stupor, and he sat on an empty keg with the conical crown of his old felt hat pointed forward, and his hands hanging limply between his knees.
From Stories of the Foot-hills by Margaret Collier Graham
He had driveled along respectably so far, he thought, but he had the sentimental longings of years, starved of expression, culminating in his heart.
From The Gentleman from Indiana by Booth Tarkington
All the way up the mountain he driveled to me about asparagus on toast, a thing that his intelligence in life had skipped.
From The Gentle Grafter by H. C. Greening
