drivel
noun
[ ˈdrɪv(ə)l ]
• nonsense.
• "don't talk such drivel!"
Similar:
nonsense,
twaddle,
claptrap,
balderdash,
gibberish,
mumbo jumbo,
rubbish,
tommyrot,
poppycock,
phooey,
hot air,
eyewash,
piffle,
garbage,
tripe,
bosh,
bull,
bunk,
blah,
hogwash,
baloney,
cobblers,
codswallop,
cock,
stuff and nonsense,
tosh,
double Dutch,
rot,
waffle,
flapdoodle,
blathers,
wack,
bushwa,
applesauce,
bunkum,
crap,
bullshit,
bollocks,
balls,
crapola,
bulldust,
drivel
verb
• talk nonsense.
• "he was drivelling on about the glory days"
Similar:
talk nonsense,
babble,
ramble,
gibber,
burble,
blather,
blether,
prate,
prattle,
gabble,
chatter,
twitter,
maunder,
talk rubbish,
gab,
talk through one's hat,
witter on,
waffle,
bullshit,
• let saliva or mucus flow from the mouth or nose.
• "the nurse leaves you to drivel, and never wipes your nose"
Origin:
Old English dreflian (in drivel (sense 2 of the verb)), of uncertain origin; perhaps related to draff.
