drivel
noun /ˈdrɪvl/
/ˈdrɪvl/
[uncountable] (informal, disapproving)- ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are silly or not true synonym nonsense
- How can you watch that drivel on TV?
- a novel full of romantic drivel
- Don’t talk such drivel.
- He just comes out with a load of drivel about ‘family values’.
Word OriginOld English dreflian (meaning ‘to let saliva’ or ‘mucus flow from the nose or mouth’), of uncertain origin.