DRIVEL


Meaning of DRIVEL in English

n. & v.

--n. silly nonsense; twaddle.

--v. (drivelled, drivelling; US driveled, driveling)

1. intr. run at the mouth or nose; dribble.

2 intr. talk childishly or idiotically.

3 tr. (foll. by away) fritter; squander away.

Derivatives:

driveller n. (US driveler).

Etymology: OE dreflian (v.)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.