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| English Dictionary: drivel |
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| 3 results for drivel |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- drivel
- n
- a worthless message
Synonym(s): drivel, garbage
- saliva spilling from the mouth
Synonym(s): drool, dribble, drivel, slobber
- v
- let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn:
drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble]
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Drivel \Driv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Driveled}or {Drivelled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Driveling} or {Drivelling}.] [Cf. OE.
dravelen, drabelen, drevelen, drivelen, to slaver, and E.
drabble. Cf. {Drool}.]
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.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Drivel \Driv"el\, n.
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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