drivel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a worthless message
    garbage.
  2. noun saliva spilling from the mouth
    drool; dribble; slobber.
  3. verb let saliva drivel from the mouth
    slabber; slaver; drool; dribble; slobber.
    • The baby drooled

WordNet

Driv"el intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. OE. dravelen, drabelen, drevelen, drivelen, to slaver, and E. drabble. Cf. Drool.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Driveled or Drivelled; present participle & verbal noun Driveling or Drivelling
Definitions
  1. To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.
  2. Perh. a different word: cf. Icel. drafa to talk thick. To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a driveling hero; driveling love. Shak. Dryden.
Driv"el noun
Definitions
  1. Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.
  2. Inarticulate or unmeaning utterance; foolish talk; babble.
  3. A driveler; a fool; an idiot. Obs. Sir P. Sidney.
  4. A servant; a drudge. Obs. Huloet.

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