drivel

v., -eled or -elled, -el·ing or -el·ling, -els or -els.

v.intr.

1. To slobber; drool.
2. To flow like spittle or saliva.
3. To talk stupidly or childishly.

v.tr.

1. To allow to flow from the mouth.
2. To say (something) stupidly.

n.

1. Saliva flowing from the mouth.
2. Stupid or senseless talk.

[Middle English drevelen, from Old English dreflian.]

driveler driv'el·er n.

verb

To let saliva run from the mouth: dribble, drool, salivate, slaver, slobber. See dry/wet, mouth.

noun

1. Saliva running from the mouth: drool, salivation, slaver, slobber. See dry/wet, mouth.
2. Something that does not have or make sense: balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. Informal tommyrot. Slang applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull¹, bunk², crap, hooey, malarkey. See knowledge/ignorance.

n

Definition: foolish talk
Antonyms: sense

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IN BRIEF: To talk foolishly.

While you are destroying your mind watching the worthless, brain-rotting drivel on TV, we on the Internet are exchanging, freely and openly, the most settings, uninhibited, intimate and, yes, shocking details about our "CONFIG.SYS." — Dave Barry (1947-), American humorist and syndicated columnist, winner of Pulitzer Prize.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - ævl, vås
v. intr. - savle, have dryppende næse, vrøvle
v. tr. - klatte væk, sætte over styr

Nederlands (Dutch)
onzin, zwammen, verspillen

Français (French)
n. - radotage, sornettes, imbécillités
v. intr. - dire n'importe quoi, radoter
v. tr. - dire n'importe quoi, radoter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unsinn
v. - faseln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανοησίες, σαχλαμάρες
v. - λέω ανοησίες, σαχλαμαρίζω

Italiano (Italian)
farneticare, stupidaggine

Português (Portuguese)
n. - baba (f), bobagem (f)
v. - babar

Русский (Russian)
болтать чушь, чушь

Español (Spanish)
n. - tonterías, baba
v. intr. - decir tonterías, babear
v. tr. - decir tonterías, babear

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dravel, dregel
v. - dilla, prata smörja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
流口水, 糊涂话, 胡言乱语, 淌口水, 说傻话, 胡说

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 流口水, 糊塗話, 胡言亂語
v. intr. - 淌口水, 說傻話
v. tr. - 胡說

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 콧물, 철 없는 소리
v. intr. - 침을 흘리다, 철 없는 소리를 하다
v. tr. - 허비하다, 바보 같은 소리를 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ばかげたことを言う, よだれを垂らす
n. - たわごと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هرا, لغو فارغ (فعل) يتفوه بهرا, يتصرف بطريقه صبيانيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פטפוטי סרק, שטויות‬
v. intr. - ‮דיבר שטויות, קשקש‬
v. tr. - ‮בזבז‬

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