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drivel
driv·el D0393300 (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.n.1. Saliva flowing from the mouth.2. Stupid or senseless talk.
[Middle English drevelen, from Old English dreflian.]
driv′el·er n.drivel (ˈdrɪvəl) vb, -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled1. to allow (saliva) to flow from the mouth; dribble2. (intr) to speak foolishly or childishlyn3. foolish or senseless talk4. (Physiology) saliva flowing from the mouth; slaver[Old English dreflian to slaver; see draff] ˈdriveller, ˈdriveler ndriv•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
| Present |
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| I drivel | | you drivel | | he/she/it drivels | | we drivel | | you drivel | | they drivel |
| Preterite |
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| I drivelled | | you drivelled | | he/she/it drivelled | | we drivelled | | you drivelled | | they drivelled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am drivelling | | you are drivelling | | he/she/it is drivelling | | we are drivelling | | you are drivelling | | they are drivelling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have drivelled | | you have drivelled | | he/she/it has drivelled | | we have drivelled | | you have drivelled | | they have drivelled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was drivelling | | you were drivelling | | he/she/it was drivelling | | we were drivelling | | you were drivelling | | they were drivelling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had drivelled | | you had drivelled | | he/she/it had drivelled | | we had drivelled | | you had drivelled | | they had drivelled |
| Future |
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| I will drivel | | you will drivel | | he/she/it will drivel | | we will drivel | | you will drivel | | they will drivel |
| Future Perfect |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| I would drivel | | you would drivel | | he/she/it would drivel | | we would drivel | | you would drivel | | they would drivel |
| Past Conditional |
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| 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 |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | drivel - a worthless messagegarbagesubject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is aboutbunkum, guff, hogwash, buncombe, rot, bunk - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)chickenshit - a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fearcodswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, tripe, rubbish, trash - nonsensical talk or writingpap, pablum - worthless or oversimplified ideas | | 2. | drivel - saliva spilling from the mouthslobber, dribble, droolsaliva, 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, dribblesalivate - produce saliva; "We salivated when he described the great meal" |
drivelnoun1. 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!verb1. babble, ramble, waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), gab (informal), gas (informal), maunder, blether, prate I drivelled on about the big race that day.drivelverbTo let saliva run from the mouth:dribble, drool, salivate, slaver, slobber.noun1. 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.Translationsdrivel
drivel saliva flowing from the mouth; slaver drivel
Synonyms for drivelnoun nonsenseSynonyms- nonsense
- rubbish
- garbage
- balls
- bull
- shit
- rot
- crap
- trash
- bunk
- blah
- bullshit
- hot air
- tosh
- waffle
- prating
- pap
- cobblers
- bilge
- twaddle
- tripe
- dross
- gibberish
- guff
- moonshine
- hogwash
- hokum
- piffle
- poppycock
- balderdash
- bosh
- eyewash
- tommyrot
- horsefeathers
- bunkum or buncombe
verb babbleSynonyms- babble
- ramble
- waffle
- gab
- gas
- maunder
- blether
- prate
Synonyms for drivelverb to let saliva run from the mouthSynonyms- dribble
- drool
- salivate
- slaver
- slobber
noun saliva running from the mouthSynonyms- drool
- salivation
- slaver
- slobber
noun something that does not have or make senseSynonyms- balderdash
- blather
- bunkum
- claptrap
- garbage
- idiocy
- nonsense
- piffle
- poppycock
- rigmarole
- rubbish
- tomfoolery
- trash
- twaddle
- tommyrot
- applesauce
- baloney
- bilge
- bull
- bunk
- crap
- hooey
- malarkey
Synonyms for drivelnoun a worthless messageSynonymsRelated Words- subject matter
- content
- message
- substance
- bunkum
- guff
- hogwash
- buncombe
- rot
- bunk
- chickenshit
- codswallop
- folderol
- trumpery
- wish-wash
- applesauce
- tripe
- rubbish
- trash
- pap
- pablum
noun saliva spilling from the mouthSynonymsRelated Wordsverb let saliva drivel from the mouthSynonyms- slabber
- slaver
- slobber
- drool
- dribble
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