drivel
pronunciation
How to pronounce drivel in British English:
UK [ˈdrɪvl]
How to pronounce drivel in American English:
US [ˈdrɪvəl]
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- Noun:
- a worthless message
- saliva spilling from the mouth
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- Verb:
- let saliva drivel from the mouth
Word Origin
- drivel (n.)
- early 14c., drevel "saliva, slaver," from drivel (v.). Meaning "idiotic speech or writing" is from 1852.
- drivel (v.)
- Old English dreflian "to dribble or run at the nose, slobber," from Proto-Germanic *drab-, from PIE *dher- (1) "to make muddy, darken." Meaning "to speak nonsense" is mid-14c. Related: Driveling, drivelling.
Example
- 1. I 've never heard such a lotof self-pitying drivel .
- 2. Stop trying to close down my newspaper with drivel .
- 3. It is certainly surprising that such a highly reputable magazine should drivel about the .
- 4. The husband is illuminated do , fu yock is more than , laugh at drivel bubble not carefully .
- 5. Both men are creating a new sort of business drivel : billionaire financier drivel .