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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024driv•el /ˈdrɪvəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -eled or -elled, -el•ing or -el•ling. n. [uncountable] - saliva flowing from the mouth;
slaver. - childish, silly, or meaningless thinking;
twaddle:I had to listen to his drivel for hours.
v. [no object] - to talk childishly or foolishly:driveling on about her friends at school.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024driv•el (driv′əl),USA pronunciation n. v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n. - saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose;
slaver. - childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking;
nonsense;
twaddle.
v.i. - to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose;
slaver. - to talk childishly or idiotically.
- [Archaic.]to issue like spittle.
v.t. - to utter childishly or idiotically.
- to waste foolishly.
- bef. 1000; Middle English dryvelen, variant of drevelen, Old English dreflian; akin to draff
[esp. Brit.,] driv′el•ling•ly, adv. |