drivel

[driv-uh l] /ˈdrɪv əl/
noun
1.
saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
2.
childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle.
verb (used without object), driveled, driveling or (especially British) drivelled, drivelling.
3.
to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver.
4.
to talk childishly or idiotically.
5.
Archaic. to issue like spittle.
verb (used with object), driveled, driveling or (especially British) drivelled, drivelling.
6.
to utter childishly or idiotically.
7.
to waste foolishly.
Origin
before 1000; Middle English dryvelen, variant of drevelen, Old English dreflian; akin to draff
Related forms
driveler; especially British, driveller, noun
drivelingly; especially British, drivellingly, adverb
Examples from the web for drivel
  • The drivel is endless.
  • It's incoherent drivel, to be sure--but it's also insulting drivel.
  • This is the most inconsequential drivel I have seen lately.
  • Surely we could pick and choose the drivel that dribbled into our home.
  • His comments aren't the usual fan drivel, but go in for musical background of artists and records.
  • This is ridiculous drivel.
  • Seeking to weed out drivel, Google adjusts search engine.
  • This has to be about the most "unscientific" drivel I have read in years.
  • This is just more drivel to accompany the drivel in the main article.
  • Ask the hard questions regardless of the drivel you get in the news.
British Dictionary definitions for drivel

drivel

/ˈdrɪvəl/
verb -els, -elling, -elled (US) -els, -eling, -eled
1.
to allow (saliva) to flow from the mouth; dribble
2.
(intransitive) to speak foolishly or childishly
noun
3.
foolish or senseless talk
4.
saliva flowing from the mouth; slaver
Derived Forms
driveller, (US) driveler, noun
Word Origin
Old English dreflian to slaver; see draff
Word Origin and History for drivel
v.

Old English dreflian "to dribble or run at the nose, slobber," from Proto-Germanic *drablojanan, from PIE *dher- "to make muddy." Meaning "to speak nonsense" is mid-14c. Related: Driveling, drivelling.

n.

early 14c., drevel "saliva, slaver," from drivel (v.). Meaning "idiotic speech or writing" is from 1852.