drivel

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In his six months as Mayor this drivel is all Boris has managed to come up with.

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  1. intransitive verb To slobber; drool.
  2. intransitive verb To flow like spittle or saliva.
  3. intransitive verb To talk stupidly or childishly.
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  • Such drivel was the nature of my thoughts, for no one spoke in terms of gain and loss and political position, the possibility of poison and whether or not the royal cupbearer had mysteriously disappeared or the steward wore a new silver chain and a secret smile. —  Carey, Jaqueline - Kushiel's Dart orig
  • If he promises to stop affecting to care about us with all that faux-anguished drivel, and confines the petulant outbursts to areas as arcane to the average punter as Richard Rogers 'architecture, we will no longer take any interest in him. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • One of the authors of this drivel is Bill Delahunt. —  Latest Articles
  • As long as he keeps lapping up this drivel, they're going to keep making them, and children will never get the —  Pajiba
  • The fact that this match-up is being presented to the public as a legitimate heavyweight "championship", but this drivel is also only being shown in the US on pay-per-view. —  Doghouse Boxing News
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twaddle ·  prattle ·  gibberish ·  chitchat ·  nonsense ·  jargon ·  balderdash ·  gabble ·  diatribe ·  bullshit ·  flummery ·  coquette
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English drevelen, from Old English dreflian.

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  1. from Middle English drivelen, also drevelen, variant of dravelen, which is another form of drabelen, drabble: see drabble and dribble, and drool, a contr. of drivel.
  2. from drivel, v.
  3. Also written drevil, drevill, drevel, also dribble (see dribble); from Middle English drivel, a servant, slave (= Middle Dutch drevel = Middle Low German dravel, drevel, a servant, = Old High German trībil, Middle High German trībel, treibel, a driver, a servant), from driven, etc., drive, pursue business, etc. No connection with drivel, with which dictionaries have confused it.
 

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/ˈdrɪvl/
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