| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb drivel.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (drivel) | 1. Let saliva drivel from the mouth.[Wordnet]. 2. To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.[Websters]. 3. To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a driveling hero; driveling love.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: drivelling, driveling, drivelled, driveled, drivels, driveller, driveler, drivellers, drivelers, drivellingly, drivelingly, drivelledly and driveledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being piffling.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being foaming. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being footling. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being rambling. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being bantering.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Expression | 1. Of Drivel.[Websters]. | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"DRIVELLING" is a common misspelling or typo for: driveling. |
Date "DRIVELLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references) |
Specialty Definition: drivel
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] drivl.. | 2: [Verb] To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot or dotard.. | 3: [Verb] To be weak or foolish; to dote; as a driveling hero; driveling love.. | 4: [Noun] Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] senseless talk; nonsense. (references) | 2: [Verb] To have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool. (references) | 3: [Verb] To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly. (references) |
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Specialty Expressions: DRIVELLING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Drivelling Dotage | Literature | 1: "This exhibition of drivelling dotage was attended with many other incoherent expressions." - J. P. Kennedy The Swallow Barn, chap. xivii. p. 463. 2: In weak old age saliva drops unconsciously from the mouth. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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| Pure Drivel | 7 | Pure Drivel | 7 | |
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