drivel

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driv·el

(drĭv′əl)

v. driv·eled, driv·el·ing, driv·els or driv·elled or driv·el·ling

v.intr.

1. To slobber; drool.

2. To flow like spittle or saliva.

3. To talk stupidly or childishly.

v.tr.

1. To allow to flow from the mouth.

2. To say (something) stupidly.

1. Saliva flowing from the mouth.

2. Stupid or senseless talk.

[Middle English drevelen, from Old English dreflian.]

driv′el·er n.

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drivel

(ˈdrɪvəl)

vb, -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled

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

2. (intr) to speak foolishly or childishly

3. foolish or senseless talk

4. (Physiology) saliva flowing from the mouth; slaver

[Old English dreflian to slaver; see draff]

ˈdriveller, ˈdriveler n

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driv•el

(ˈdrɪv əl)

n., v. -eled, -el•ing (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n.

1. saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose.

2. nonsense; twaddle.

v.i.

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

4. to talk childishly or idiotically.

v.t.

5. to utter childishly or idiotically.

6. to waste foolishly.

[before 1000; Middle English dryvelen, variant of drevelen, Old English dreflian]

driv′el•er, n.

drivel

Past participle: drivelled
Gerund: drivelling

Imperative
drivel
drivel

Present
I drivel
you drivel
he/she/it drivels
we drivel
you drivel
they drivel

Preterite
I drivelled
you drivelled
he/she/it drivelled
we drivelled
you drivelled
they drivelled

Present Continuous
I am drivelling
you are drivelling
he/she/it is drivelling
we are drivelling
you are drivelling
they are drivelling

Present Perfect
I have drivelled
you have drivelled
he/she/it has drivelled
we have drivelled
you have drivelled
they have drivelled

Past Continuous
I was drivelling
you were drivelling
he/she/it was drivelling
we were drivelling
you were drivelling
they were drivelling

Past Perfect
I had drivelled
you had drivelled
he/she/it had drivelled
we had drivelled
you had drivelled
they had drivelled

Future
I will drivel
you will drivel
he/she/it will drivel
we will drivel
you will drivel
they will drivel

Future Perfect
I will have drivelled
you will have drivelled
he/she/it will have drivelled
we will have drivelled
you will have drivelled
they will have drivelled

Future Continuous
I will be drivelling
you will be drivelling
he/she/it will be drivelling
we will be drivelling
you will be drivelling
they will be drivelling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been drivelling
you have been drivelling
he/she/it has been drivelling
we have been drivelling
you have been drivelling
they have been drivelling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been drivelling
you will have been drivelling
he/she/it will have been drivelling
we will have been drivelling
you will have been drivelling
they will have been drivelling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been drivelling
you had been drivelling
he/she/it had been drivelling
we had been drivelling
you had been drivelling
they had been drivelling

Conditional
I would drivel
you would drivel
he/she/it would drivel
we would drivel
you would drivel
they would drivel

Past Conditional
I would have drivelled
you would have drivelled
he/she/it would have drivelled
we would have drivelled
you would have drivelled
they would have drivelled

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Noun	1.	drivel - a worthless message garbage subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about bunkum, guff, hogwash, buncombe, rot, bunk - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) codswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, tripe, rubbish, trash - nonsensical talk or writing pap, pablum - worthless or oversimplified ideas
	2.	drivel - saliva spilling from the mouth slobber, dribble, drool saliva, spittle, spit - a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
Verb	1.	drivel - let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" slabber, slaver, slobber, drool, dribble salivate - produce saliva; "We salivated when he described the great meal"

drivel

noun

1. nonsense, rubbish, garbage (informal), balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bunk (informal), blah (slang), bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), prating, pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), twaddle, tripe (informal), dross, gibberish, guff (slang), moonshine, hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), tommyrot, horsefeathers (U.S. slang), bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) What absolute drivel!

verb

1. babble, ramble, waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), gab (informal), gas (informal), maunder, blether, prate I drivelled on about the big race that day.

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drivel

verb

To let saliva run from the mouth:

dribble, drool, salivate, slaver, slobber.

noun

1. Saliva running from the mouth:

drool, salivation, slaver, slobber.

2. Something that does not have or make sense:

balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle.

Informal: tommyrot.

Slang: applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey.

Translations

Gelaberradotieren

tonterías

höpinähöpöpuhehöpöttäähöpötyshöpsiä

foutaise

लार

stupidaggini

drivel

[ˈdrɪvl]

A. N (= nonsense) → tonterías fpl, chorradas fpl, babosadas fpl (LAm)

B. VI → decir tonterías, decir chorradas, decir babosadas (LAm)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

drivel

[ˈdrɪv^əl] n → idioties fpl, imbécillités fpl

drivel

n (pej) → Blödsinn m, → Kokolores m (inf); what a lot of drivel! → das ist ja kompletter Blödsinn!; mindless drivel → leeres Gefasel

vi (pej) → Unsinn reden; what’s he drivelling (Brit) or driveling (US) (on) about? → was faselt er da?, worüber labert er da? (inf)

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drivel

[ˈdrɪvl] n (fam) (nonsense) → stupidaggini fpl, sciocchezze fpl

drivel on vi + adv (fam) to drivel on (about) → non smettere di cianciare (di)

drivel

n. baba o saliva que sale por los extremos de la boca.

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You drive me mad with your drivel!" So Nishikanta cried out in nervous pain that was real and quivering.

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After hot muffins, it says, "Be dull and soulless, like a beast of the field - a brainless animal, with listless eye, unlit by any ray of fancy, or of hope, or fear, or love, or life." And after brandy, taken in sufficient quantity, it says, "Now, come, fool, grin and tumble, that your fellow-men may laugh - drivel in folly, and splutter in senseless sounds, and show what a helpless ninny is poor man whose wit and will are drowned, like kittens, side by side, in half an inch of alcohol."

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Give me--Fosco-- chemistry; and when Shakespeare has conceived Hamlet, and sits down to execute the conception--with a few grains of powder dropped into his daily food, I will reduce his mind, by the action of his body, till his pen pours out the most abject drivel that has ever degraded paper.

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However, since he says I write inane drivel by saying our youngsters are angry over our decision to leave the EU I have to contest where most of the inane drivel comes from.

Not my inane drivel - yours

Summary: New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): After the Ayush ministry released a booklet that said pregnant women should control 'lust', hang "beautiful" pictures on the wall and shun non-vegetarian food to deliver a healthy baby, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) on Wednesday said that instead of discussing the best possible nourishment, the government is promoting this "obscurantism and nonsense" unscientific drivel.

Ayush ministry promoting 'nonsense' unscientific drivel: CPM

Question: Did Te clear such drivel with the members of the Supreme Court?

Te should resign-or be fired

Former home secretary Alan Johnson yesterday accused anti-EU Tories of talking "drivel" to force Britain out of Europe.

Johnson Tory outers are talking drivel about Europe

But the good thing about it is they speak so much drivel that even if it's articulate drivel, it's still drivel."

IT'S JUST NOT FAIR; SFC: KERRY 0-18 TYRONE 1-11; Tyrone star Cav blasts decision NOT to award Red Hands a SECOND penalty in Croker loss; The articulate drivel, it's still all just drivel.

Commissioner is spouting drivel WHAT drivel that gloried penpusher the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner talks.

Commissioner is spouting drivel

Personally, I've never laughed once at the inane, repetitive and childish drivel they tell us is hilarious.