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Word entry · 6 letters

drivel

Best crossword clue

"Idle nonsense"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /dɹɪv.əl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted deilrvStarts with DEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
1D2R3I4V5E6L

Definitions

  1. let saliva drivel from the mouth

Word origin

From Middle English dravel, dribil, a deverbal from drevelen, drivelen (Etymology 2).

Used in a sentence

  • “You pay too much attention to such insipid drivel in even mentioning it.”
  • But what drivel I am writing! It is just an attempt to pass the weary time.
  • “Yeah, wading down into the comments. "Winsomely compelling cop-aganda," says C-Rob-69. Oh, wait, that was me.” “Drivel for the unwashed. The Bard, how he weeps.”

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