drivel
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drivel¹
- /dɹɪv.əl/ Australia, Canada, US
- /dɹəv.əl/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɪvəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English dravel, dribil, a deverbal from drevelen, drivelen (Etymology 2).
noun drivels
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Nonsense; senseless talk.
“You pay too much attention to such insipid drivel in even mentioning it.”
Similar: absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls, baloney, banana oil, Bandini, baragouin
- Saliva, drool. He pauses as I wipe the drivel from his chin.
drivel²
- /dɹɪv.əl/ Australia, Canada, US
- /dɹəv.əl/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɪvəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English drevelen, drivelen, from Old English dreflian (“to drivel, slobber, slaver”), from Proto-Germanic *drablijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerebʰ- (“cloudy, turbid; yeast”).
verb drivels · driveling · drivelling · driveled · drivelled
- To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.
-
To have saliva drip from the mouth.
Similar: drool
- To be weak or foolish; to dote. This drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole.
drivel³
- /dɹɪv.əl/ Australia, Canada, US
- /dɹəv.əl/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɪvəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English drivel, probably from driven + -el, unless borrowed from an equivalent word in another West Germanic language. Compare Old Dutch drevel (“scullion”).
noun drivels
- A servant; a drudge. that foul aged drivel
- A fool; an idiot. if thou didst know what a life I lead with that drivel, it would make thee even of pity receive me into thy only comfort
drivel⁴
- /dɹɪv.əl/ Australia, Canada, US
- /dɹəv.əl/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɪvəl
Where it comes from
Perhaps a blend of drive + dribble.
verb drivels · driveling · drivelling · driveled · drivelled
- To move or travel slowly. But that is a state of things, which must in time work its own cure. We cannot always go dribbling and drivelling along, government and people alike being the scoff of all onlookers.
- To use up or to be used up. Instead of drivelling away the precious initiative season of life in the vain labour of teaching tuneable voices to sing[.]
Translations
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noun senseless talk
| Español | tonterías, chorradas, babosadas, leseras, macanas, monserga |
|---|---|
| Português | besteira, bobagem |
| Français | foutaise |
| Deutsch | Blödsinn, Faselei, Gefasel, Gelaber, Laberei, Geschwafel |
| Italiano | sproloquio, vaniloquio, ciancia, corbelleria |
| Ελληνικά | αερολογίες aerologíes |
| Русский | бессмы́слица bessmýslica, ерунда́ jerundá, чепуха́ čepuxá, чушь čušʹ, вздор vzdor |
noun saliva, drool
| हिन्दी | लार lār |
|---|---|
| Português | baba |
| Français | bave |
| Deutsch | Geifer, Sabber |
| Ελληνικά | σάλιο sálio |
| Русский | слюна́ sljuná, слюни sljuni |
verb to talk nonsense
| Español | decir tonterías |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 胡说 húshuō, 胡扯 húchě |
| Français | radoter, baragouiner |
| Ελληνικά | αερολογώ aerologó, σαλιαρίζω saliarízo, λέω ανοησίες léo anoïsíes |
verb to have saliva drip from the mouth
| Español | babear |
|---|---|
| Português | babar |
| Français | baver |
| Deutsch | sabbern |
| Ελληνικά | βγάζω σάλια vgázo sália |
Talk about this word "drivel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/drivel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. drivel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/drivel "drivel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/drivel.Cite this
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title = {drivel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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