Meaning of "drivel" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DRIVEL

Old English dreflian to slaver.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DRIVEL

drivel  [ˈdrɪvəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRIVEL

Drivel is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb drivel in English.

WHAT DOES DRIVEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of drivel in the English dictionary

The first definition of drivel in the dictionary is to allow to flow from the mouth; dribble. Other definition of drivel is to speak foolishly or childishly. Drivel is also foolish or senseless talk.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DRIVEL

PRESENT

Present

I drivel

you drivel

he/she/it drivels

we drivel

you drivel

they drivel

Present continuous

I am drivelling

you are drivelling

he/she/it is drivelling

we are drivelling

you are drivelling

they are drivelling

Present perfect

I have drivelled

you have drivelled

he/she/it has drivelled

we have drivelled

you have drivelled

they have drivelled

Present perfect continuous

I have been drivelling

you have been drivelling

he/she/it has been drivelling

we have been drivelling

you have been drivelling

they have been drivelling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I drivelled

you drivelled

he/she/it drivelled

we drivelled

you drivelled

they drivelled

Past continuous

I was drivelling

you were drivelling

he/she/it was drivelling

we were drivelling

you were drivelling

they were drivelling

Past perfect

I had drivelled

you had drivelled

he/she/it had drivelled

we had drivelled

you had drivelled

they had drivelled

Past perfect continuous

I had been drivelling

you had been drivelling

he/she/it had been drivelling

we had been drivelling

you had been drivelling

they had been drivelling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will drivel

you will drivel

he/she/it will drivel

we will drivel

you will drivel

they will drivel

Future continuous

I will be drivelling

you will be drivelling

he/she/it will be drivelling

we will be drivelling

you will be drivelling

they will be drivelling

Future perfect

I will have drivelled

you will have drivelled

he/she/it will have drivelled

we will have drivelled

you will have drivelled

they will have drivelled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been drivelling

you will have been drivelling

he/she/it will have been drivelling

we will have been drivelling

you will have been drivelling

they will have been drivelling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would drivel

you would drivel

he/she/it would drivel

we would drivel

you would drivel

they would drivel

Conditional continuous

I would be drivelling

you would be drivelling

he/she/it would be drivelling

we would be drivelling

you would be drivelling

they would be drivelling

Conditional perfect

I would have drivel

you would have drivel

he/she/it would have drivel

we would have drivel

you would have drivel

they would have drivel

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been drivelling

you would have been drivelling

he/she/it would have been drivelling

we would have been drivelling

you would have been drivelling

they would have been drivelling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you drivel
we let´s drivel
you drivel

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to drivel

Past participle

drivelled

Present Participle

drivelling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DRIVEL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «drivel» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of drivel

babble · balderdash · balls · bilge · bizzo · blah · blether · bosh · bull · bull´s wool · bullshit · bunk · cobblers · crap · dribble · drool · dross · eyewash · gab · garbage · gas · gibberish · guff · hogwash · hokum · horsefeathers · hot air · malarkey · maunder · moonshine · nonsense · pap · piffle · poppycock · prate · ramble · rot · rubbish · saliva · shit · slaver · slobber · tommyrot · tosh · trash · tripe · twaddle · waffle

TRANSLATION OF DRIVEL

Find out the translation of drivel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of drivel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drivel» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 胡说
• Translator English - Spanish: tonterías
• English: drivel
• Translator English - Hindi: बकवास
• Translator English - Arabic: الهراء
• Translator English - Russian: бред
• Translator English - Portuguese: baba
• Translator English - Bengali: আবোলতাবোল বকা
• Translator English - French: radotage
• Translator English - Malay: Pemacu
• Translator English - German: Gefasel
• Translator English - Japanese: たわ言
• Translator English - Korean: 군침
• Translator English - Javanese: Mimpin
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chuyện vô vị
• Translator English - Tamil: பிதற்றல்
• Translator English - Marathi: गळचेपी
• Translator English - Turkish: saçmalık
• Translator English - Italian: ciance
• Translator English - Polish: brednie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: маячня
• Translator English - Romanian: prostii
• Translator English - Greek: ανοησίες
• Translator English - Afrikaans: snert
• Translator English - Swedish: dravel
• Translator English - Norwegian: vrøvl

2 QUOTES WITH «DRIVEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word drivel.

1

James Lovelock

So-called 'sustainable development'... is meaningless drivel.

2

Yeardley Smith

Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRIVEL»

Discover the use of drivel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drivel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Pure Drivel

In this brilliantly witty collection of pieces Steve Martin takes a subversive glimpse at the world and a sideways swipe at the conventional.

Steve Martin, 2014

An Eagle Tells Flying Stories with Associated Drivel

This book is about a shy boy, who learned discipline from strict parents and seven years of Parochial School.

John Murphy, 2012

Jack the Lad RN: The Collected Drivel, Doodles and Ditties ...

Jack the Lad RN is a matelot’s wit set in verse, odes and prose, with over 140 cartoons. This is an open illustration of the true spirit in the Royal Navy and beyond, never waning through ranks or years.

Ted Macey, 2009

Ubuntu Hacks: Tips & Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning ...

Tips & Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning Linux Jonathan Oxer, Kyle Rankin, Bill Childers. Blog with Ubuntu H A C K #27 Blog with Ubuntu Hack #27 Blogging is all the rage, and you can update your blog from Ubuntu using the Drivel blog ...

Jonathan Oxer, Kyle Rankin, Bill Childers, 2006

Humanizing Psychiatrists: Toward a Humane Psychiatry : an ...

I will call the virtual stage he has set up in his mind a “drivel generator”, but we all know it's actually a money-generator. Those of us who are burdened by intellectual pretensions shouldn't mock: drivel pays. Gerald Durrell made far more  ...

Niall McLaren, 2010

Utta Drivel

However, all is not as it seems and the evil antics of Mori Arty, the indiscriminate rampaging of the paramilitary wing of the Ramblers' Association and a little espionage and Skull Duggery pose a threat to the otherwise tranquil world of ...

Alan Pinkett, 2002

Drivel: Deliciously Bad Writing by Your Favorite Authors

The writing in this book is so bad, it deserves its own taxonomy of suckitude.

Julia Scott, 2014

Stories of the Old Duck Hunters: & Other Drivel

Here are 53 classic hunting and fishing stories, some from sporting magazines of the 1930s and 1940s, including unpublished works from the author's literary estate.

Gordon F. MacQuarrie, Zack Taylor, 1994

All the Year Round

"My dear Mr. Drivel," says a fond mother, " when my little boy heard you were coming to dine to-day he absolutely cried to be allowed to come down to dessert, that he might see the gentleman who had written that pretty book all about good ...

Charles Dickens, 1863

Trash, Scrap N' Drivel: For 8 Or More Players, Score and Parts

Trash, Scrap N' Drivel was written with the intent of creating a fun piece for students to play that a non-musician could easily teach to an eighth grade class with little musical experience -- and that allowed many dramatic possibilities ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRIVEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drivel is used in the context of the following news items.

Dennis Potter: one of the last great masters of vituperation

He criticised most popular TV programmes as 'low-minded drivel', described David Frost's interview with Nixon as 'a hilarious encounter ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»

For Greece, the worst catastrophe now would be to stay in the …

Talk of Greek bankruptcy and its dropping the euro as “an abyss … a nightmare … chaos … unthinkable anarchy” is bankers' drivel. It will be ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Let's turn everything into Facebook

... deranged video game, where players are blindfolded and win only if they accidentally come across a good tweet among a mudslide of drivel. «Boing Boing, Jul 15»

Fuckface von Clownstick still hates Mexicans and is still a birther

... a wide range of topics but I honestly gave up after the birther thing because it didn't really seem worth wasting any more time on such drivel. «Death and Taxes, Jul 15»

NBT Bank Stadium, whose construction began 20 years ago, is fine …

When are readers/letter-writers, sitting in front of their TVs, going to give up on this "downtown ballpark" drivel? NBT Bank Stadium was built in ... «Syracuse.com, Jul 15»

Woman with Naked Ambition, Men with False Modesty

When I think about it, if a female executive had written a letter that contained drivel like, “time; time, to encapsulate what matters most to me,” we ... «EE Times, Jul 15»

.@Twitter. Who Do You Think You Are?

... deranged video game, where players are blindfolded and win only if they accidentally come across a good tweet among a mudslide of drivel. «New York Times, Jul 15»

The Stock Market Is Scary, Folks

I go through gunk and drivel and bilge like you can't believe, and that may be more of it. BREAK TRANSCRIPT. RUSH: Okay. Here is the latest ... «RushLimbaugh.com, Jul 15»

Jackson: Choosing the right fishing line is anything but simple

And many of us plod through Saturday morning outdoors TV drivel from people who laid out $2,500 to buy a video camera, then instantly ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»

“Sanchu Uprising: Voices at Dawn” – 2015 Japan Cuts Review

The Brechtian digressions are at best cliché and at worst self-righteous drivel as the film's closing message amounts to a cyclical understanding ... «Meniscus Magazine, Jul 15»