Meaning

Nonsense; senseless talk..

Definitions by Sense

1. Nonsense; senseless talk.
2. (now somewhat rare) Saliva, drool.
3. To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.
4. (archaic, intransitive) To have saliva drip from the mouth.
5. To be weak or foolish; to dote.
6. A servant; a drudge.
7. A fool; an idiot.
8. To move or travel slowly.

Example Sentences

“You pay too much attention to such insipid drivel in even mentioning it.”

But what drivel I am writing! It is just an attempt to pass the weary time.

A ray of light amid all this nonsense was Gwyn Topham's piece in the Guardian, which was timely, measured, accurate and of appropriate tone. That this single report stood out so clearly as an exemplar is a scathing comment in itself on the volumes of drivel surrounding it.

“Yeah, wading down into the comments. "Winsomely compelling cop-aganda," says C-Rob-69. Oh, wait, that was me.” “Drivel for the unwashed. The Bard, how he weeps.”

He pauses as I wipe the drivel from his chin.

He wiped drivel from his chin with a stubby forearm.

She wipes some drivel from his chin with a Kleenex, which she throws away in the bin, then sits and clasps his hand in hers.

This drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole.

Word Forms

• drivels
• driveling
• drivelling
• driveled
• drivelled

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Use drivel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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