drivel
noun
saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
drivelling
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present participleof drivel.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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"What a froward, drivelling flibbergib have I taken to my bosom!"
From Time Magazine Archive
“Compeyson spoke hardy, but he was always a coward. ‘Go up alonger this drivelling sick man,’ he says to his wife, ‘and Magwitch, lend her a hand, will you?’
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
It was mere drivelling nonsense that I talked out there in the shell-hole.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
“Instead of drivelling away about knots and vacuum cleaners and lions, and making me miserable for weeks and weeks.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Another day—a whole precious day devoured by your drivelling nonsense!
From The Ghetto A Drama in Four Acts by Herman Heijermans
