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Definition of "drivel" []

  • To slobber; drool. (verb-intransitive)
  • To flow like spittle or saliva. (verb-intransitive)
  • To talk stupidly or childishly. (verb-intransitive)
  • To allow to flow from the mouth. (verb-transitive)
  • To say (something) stupidly. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "drivel" in a sentence
  • "Seriously, if this drivel is the best rhetoric Cheney can come up, then my opinion of Crist has just gone up."
  • "I will consider your acknowledgment that 'drivel' is non-partisan brings our previous posts to a draw."
  • "And byond that, this kind of drivel is what makes the hunting community look really, really bad and worse, weak."