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How to pronounce drivel in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dribble, drool, slobber
Type of spittle, spit, saliva
Type Words
Synonyms garbage
Type of content, message, substance, subject matter
Has types chickenshit, codswallop, folderol, guff, hogwash, pablum, pap, rot, rubbish, applesauce, buncombe, bunk, bunkum, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash
Type Words
Synonyms dribble, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber
Type of salivate
Derivation driveller

Examples of drivel

drivel
The assertion that increased revenue automatically increases spending is drivel.
From the forbes.com
There's certainly drivel here and it is your patronising, jingoistic xenophobia.
From the independent.co.uk
Thanks for the New Observer but the content is the same facile drivel as before.
From the guardian.co.uk
If you are going to comment, learn the facts and stop spouting political drivel.
From the independent.co.uk
What gives him the right to launch into such a vitriolic tirade of utter drivel?
From the independent.co.uk
We have been hearing this same drivel for generations, yet you all fall in line.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
Why does this drivel run, in one form or another, on several nights of the week?
From the guardian.co.uk
Tragic drivel devoid of actual fact-checking or honest, intellectual discourse.
From the latimes.com
The script is uninspired drivel with none of the humour the soap is famous for.
From the metro.co.uk
More examples
  • Let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled"
  • A worthless message
  • Drooling (also known as driveling, ptyalism, sialorrhea, or slobbering) is when saliva flows outside the mouth. Drooling is generally caused by excess production of saliva, inability to retain saliva within the mouth, or problems with swallowing.
  • Senseless talk; nonsense; saliva, drool; To have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool; To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly
  • Idiotic utterance; silly nonsense; twaddle.# At St. Sam's, a useful way of passing time, a productive way of releasing tension and defusing flames, as well as an opportunity to explicate one's vast knowledge of utterly useless matters.
  • Endless, meaningless, (usually harmless) over-wordy, (my specialty) or trash talk