drivel

  • 11drivel — 1. noun he was talking complete drivel Syn: nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash, gibberish, rubbish, mumbo jumbo, garbage; informal poppycock, piffle, tripe, bull, hogwash, baloney, codswallop, flapdoodle, jive, guff, bushwa; …

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  • 12drivel — I. intransitive verb ( eled or elled; eling or drivelling) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dreflian; perhaps akin to Old Norse draf malt dregs Date: before 12th century 1. to let saliva dribble from the mouth ; slaver 2. to talk… …

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  • 13drivel — driveler; esp. Brit., driveller, n. drivelingly; esp. Brit., drivellingly, adv. /driv euhl/, n. v., driveled, driveling or (esp. Brit.) drivelled, drivelling. n. 1. saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver. 2. childish, silly …

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  • 14drivel — 1. noun /dɹɪv.əl/ a) senseless talk; nonsense b) saliva, drool 2. verb /dɹɪv.əl/ a) To have saliva …

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  • 15drivel — Synonyms and related words: Greek, absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, balls, baloney, be insane, be stupid, bibble babble, blabber, blather, blatherskite, blither, blow, blunder away, bombast, bosh, bull, bullshit, burble, cast …

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  • 16drivel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. drool, slaver, slobber; nonsense, babble. v. i. drool, slobber, babble, talk nonsense, dote. See absurdity, loquacity, unmeaningness, excretion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nonsense, twaddle, blather,… …

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  • 17drivel — driv|el [ drıvl ] noun uncount stupid and unimportant things that someone says or writes …

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  • 18drivel — driv·el || drɪvl n. nonsense, idiotic utterances; spittle, slobber (Rare) v. talk nonsense, say idiotic things; slobber, spittle (Rare) …

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  • 19drivel — [ drɪv(ə)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 …

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  • 20drivel — I. v. n. 1. Slaver, slobber, drool. 2. Dote, be imbecile, be foolish. II. n. 1. Slaver, drivelling. 2. Nonsense, balderdash, stuff, foolish talk, nonsense, twaddle, twattle, imbecile prating. See prate …

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