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drivelnoun language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sensethat critic's reviews are nothing but self-important drivel applesauce(slang), balderdash, baloney(also boloney), beans, bilge, blah(also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull(slang), bunk, bunkum(or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop(British), crapola(slang), crock, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel(British), flapdoodle, folderol(also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers(slang), humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey(also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts(slang), nonsense, nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle(or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle absurdity, asininity, fatuity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inaneness, inanity, insanity, kookiness, lunacyabsurdness, craziness, madness, witlessnesshoity-toity, monkey business, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolerygas, hot air, rigmarole(also rigamarole)double-talk, greek, hocus-pocus levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability, reasonableness, sensiblenesscommon sense, horse sense, sensediscernment, judgment(or judgement), wisdom unintelligible or meaningless talkmy roommate talks in her sleep, but it's just drivel abracadabra, babble, blabber, burble, double Dutch, double-talk, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, prattle, slobber blah(also blah-blah), hocus-pocus, hokeypokey, twaddlechatter, gab, patter, prate, tattle, twittercackle, clack, clatter drivelverbto let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouththe panting dog driveled on my hand to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligiblyhe driveled on about his "distinguished" family for what seemed like hours babble, bumble, chat, chatter, drool, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle, sputter blabber, blather, bleat, blither, gab, jangle, jaw, patter, prate, rattle, run on, smatter, tittle-tattle, troll, yak(also yack)chunter(British), maunder, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutterstammer, stutterscreech, shout, shriek articulate, enunciate, pronounce before the 12th century |