The Wordsmith Dictionary

Driv "el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Driveled or Drivelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Driveling or Drivelling.] Etym: [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. Etym: [Perh. a different word: cf. Icel. drafa to talk thick. ]

Defn: To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a driveling hero; driveling love. Shak. Dryden.

DRIVEL

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.

DRIVELER

DRIVELER Driv "el *er, n.

Defn: A slaverer; a slabberer; an idiot; a fool. [Written also driveller.]

New American Oxford Dictionary

drivel

driv el |ˈdrivəl ˈdrɪvəl | ▶noun silly nonsense: don't talk such drivel! ▶verb ( drivels, driveling , driveled; Brit. drivels, drivelling, drivelled ) [ no obj. ] 1 talk nonsense: he was driveling on about the glory days. 2 archaic let saliva or mucus flow from the mouth or nose; dribble. DERIVATIVES driv el er (Brit. driveller ) noun ORIGIN Old English dreflian ( sense 2 of the verb ), of uncertain origin; perhaps related to draff .

driveline

drive line |ˈdrīvˌlīn ˈdraɪvlaɪn | ▶noun another term for drivetrain.

Oxford Dictionary

drivel

drivel |ˈdrɪv (ə )l | ▶noun [ mass noun ] nonsense: don't talk such drivel! ▶verb ( drivels, drivelling, drivelled; US drivels, driveling, driveled ) [ no obj. ] 1 talk nonsense: he was drivelling on about the glory days. 2 archaic let saliva or mucus flow from the mouth or nose. DERIVATIVES driveller (US driveler ) noun ORIGIN Old English dreflian (in sense 2 of the verb ), of uncertain origin; perhaps related to draff .

driveline

driveline |ˈdrʌɪvlʌɪn | ▶noun another term for drivetrain.

American Oxford Thesaurus

drivel

drivel noun he was talking complete drivel: nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash, gibberish, rubbish, mumbo jumbo, garbage; informal poppycock, piffle, tripe, bull, hogwash, baloney, codswallop, flapdoodle, jive, guff, bushwa; informal, dated tommyrot, bunkum. ▶verb you always drivel on : talk nonsense, talk rubbish, babble, ramble, gibber, blather, prattle, gabble, waffle.

Oxford Thesaurus

drivel

drivel noun Walter was talking complete drivel: nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash, gibberish, rubbish, mumbo jumbo; informal rot, tommyrot, poppycock, phooey, hot air, eyewash, piffle, garbage, tripe, waffle, bosh, bull, bunk, blah, hogwash, baloney; Brit. informal cobblers, codswallop, cock, stuff and nonsense, tosh, double Dutch; N. Amer. informal flapdoodle, blathers, wack, bushwa, applesauce; informal, dated bunkum; vulgar slang crap, bullshit, bollocks, balls; Austral. /NZ vulgar slang bulldust. ANTONYMS sense. ▶verb you always drivel on like this: talk nonsense, talk rubbish, babble, ramble, gibber, burble, blather, blether, prate, prattle, gabble, chatter, twitter, maunder; informal waffle, witter on, gab, talk through one's hat; vulgar slang bullshit.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

drivel

driv el /drɪ́v (ə )l /名詞 U ｟くだけて非難して｠たわごと, 退屈なもの ; 駄作 .動詞～s ; ～ed , ｟英｠～led ; ～ing , ｟英｠～ling 自動詞｟英｠〖通例進行形で〗 «…について » たわごとをだらだらと言う (on, away ) «about » .