What (who) is Drivel - definition
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Drivels; Driveled; Driveling
Drivel
·noun A servant; a drudge.
II. Drivel ·noun Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.
III. Drivel ·noun A driveler; a fool; an Idiot.
IV. Drivel ·noun Inarticulate or unmeaning utterance; foolish talk; babble.
V. Drivel ·vi To be weak or foolish; to Dote; as, a driveling hero; driveling love.
VI. Drivel ·vi To Slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.
drivel
If you describe something that is written or said as drivel, you are critical of it because you think it is very silly.
What absolute drivel!
= nonsense
N-UNCOUNT [disapproval]
drivel
['dr?v(?)l]
¦ noun nonsense.
¦ verb (drivels, drivelling, drivelled; US drivels, driveling, driveled)
1. talk nonsense.
2. archaic let saliva or mucus flow from the mouth or nose.
Derivatives
driveller (US driveler) noun
Origin
OE dreflian, of uncertain origin; perh. related to draff.
Wikipedia
Drivel
Drivel may refer to:
- Drivel, nonsense speech
- Drivel, an American term for saliva
- Driveling, the act of drooling
Pronunciation examples for Drivel
1. by blabbing at you a bunch of meaningless drivel,
Buddhist Ethics _ Robert Thurman _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Drivel
1. Meaning he‘ll come up with the appropriate drivel.
2. Only he could stem the endless New Labour drivel.
3. And by American they mean silly, infantile drivel.
4. It beggars belief that our High Court’s time should be occupied by such drivel.
5. Surely there is enough witless drivel provided by insomniacs and morons on other radio stations?