Drivel - English meaning

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound.

Usage examples:

The shallow river babbled over smooth rocks

combining form

Forming nouns denoting confusing or pretentious jargon, especially that characteristic of a particular field or group.

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Psychobabble

noun

Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.

Usage examples:

She dismissed talk of plots as 'balderdash'

noun

Something that is stupid or not true

Usage examples:

"balderdash!" he spluttered indignantly.

noun

Foolish or deceptive talk; nonsense.

Usage examples:

I don't buy it—it's all a load of baloney

noun

Nonsense

Usage examples:

That’s a lot of baloney!

noun

Used to refer to something which is boring or without meaningful content.

Usage examples:

The first 20 pages are a lot of blah about budgets and stuff like that

adjective

Dull or unexciting.

Usage examples:

The game has been very blah

exclamation

Used to substitute for actual words in contexts where they are felt to be too tedious or lengthy to give in full.

Usage examples:

He said nations great and small could come together to blah blah blah

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

She began blathering on about spirituality and life after death

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

All the blather coming out of washington about crime

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

There's plenty of stuff i could blether about from today

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

Some stupid blether about puns surrounding the beatles

noun

→  blather informal

noun

Nonsense; rubbish.

Usage examples:

That's a load of bosh

noun

An uncastrated male bovine animal.

Usage examples:

Bull calves

verb

Push or move powerfully or violently.

Usage examples:

He bulled the motor cycle clear of the tunnel

noun

A papal edict.

Usage examples:

The pope issued a bull of excommunication

noun

Stupid or untrue talk or writing; nonsense.

verb

Talk nonsense to (someone) in an attempt to deceive them.

exclamation

A rude word for complete nonsense or something that is not true

Usage examples:

Bullshit! he never said that!, us he gave me some excuse but it was a bunch of bullshit., uk he gav…

noun

A narrow shelflike bed, typically one of two or more arranged one on top of the other.

Usage examples:

Some of the crew went off-shift, stringing up hybrid bunks and hammocks belowdecks, the others cont…

verb

Sleep in a bunk or improvised bed, typically in shared quarters.

Usage examples:

They bunk together in the dormitory

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

Anyone with a brain cell would never believe such bunk

verb

Make a continuous murmuring noise.

Usage examples:

A stream burbled through the woods

noun

Continuous murmuring noise.

Usage examples:

The steady burble of running water

verb

To make a low, continuous bubbling sound, like water moving over stones

Usage examples:

She was burbling (on) about what she'd do if she won the lottery.

verb

Talk informally about unimportant matters.

Usage examples:

She was chattering about her holiday

noun

Informal talk.

Usage examples:

He was full of inconsequential but amusing chatter

verb

To talk continuously and usually for no serious purpose

Usage examples:

The boys and girls kept chattering during the movie., birds chattered in the trees., the printer wa…

noun

Absurd or nonsensical talk or ideas.

Usage examples:

Such sentiments are just pious claptrap

noun

Silly talk that means nothing and should not be believed

Usage examples:

Don't believe a word of what he says. it's just a load of claptrap.

noun

A person whose job is mending shoes.

Usage examples:

He also worked as a master cobbler, mending shoes.

phrase

Nonsense or lies

Usage examples:

A load of old cobblers, i heard some rumours but i knew they were absolute cobblers., her claim tha…

noun

A male bird, especially of a domestic fowl.

Usage examples:

Pheasants are handsome birds, especially the cocks, which are larger than the hens.

verb

Tilt (something) in a particular direction.

Usage examples:

She cocked her head slightly to one side

verb

Pile (hay or other material) into cocks.

Usage examples:

It does not rake the grass into rows, nor cock it

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

I think that's a right load of old codswallop

noun

Nonsense

Usage examples:

What a load of codswallop!

noun

Cleansing lotion for a person's eye.

Usage examples:

Lillie tilley, who lives half a block from the fence line, gets eyewash by the boxful at the local …

verb

Talk at length, typically about trivial matters.

Usage examples:

Franny walked past a woman gabbing on the phone

noun

Talk; chatter.

Usage examples:

Fans should prefer her smooth delivery to the gab prevalent around the league

verb

To talk continuously and eagerly, esp. about unimportant matters

Usage examples:

The two of us were always gabbing away., along with his gift for gab, he has a great grasp of human…

verb

Talk rapidly and unintelligibly.

Usage examples:

He gabbled on in a panicky way until he was dismissed

noun

Rapid unintelligible talk.

Usage examples:

She wasn't very good at the random gabble of teenagers

verb

To speak quickly and not clearly so that it is difficult to understand

Usage examples:

Gabble away she started gabbling away at me in spanish and i didn't understand a word., gina, as us…

noun

Rubbish or waste, especially domestic refuse.

Usage examples:

Garbage littered the estate

Worthless material that is to be disposed of

noun

Waste material, esp. unwanted food, or a container in which waste is kept

Usage examples:

She threw the cheese in the garbage., take the garbage can/bags out to the curb to be picked up., t…

verb

Speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock.

Usage examples:

They shrieked and gibbered as flames surrounded them

noun

A stone or boulder forming part of a boulder plain.

Usage examples:

We're standing on a desert rise six kilometres north of town overlooking a sea of shining gibbers.

noun

Unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense.

Usage examples:

He talks gibberish

noun

Confused or meaningless speech or writing

Usage examples:

See if you can make out what he’s saying – it sounds like gibberish to me.

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

Trust me, these ‘get rich quick’ advertisements are pure bull, guff and hogwash!

noun

Nonsense, or words intended to deceive

Usage examples:

His answer was pure hogwash.

noun

Words that do not really mean anything or are not sincere

Usage examples:

His promises turned out to be a lot of hot air.

noun

An aircraft consisting of a very large bag filled with heated air or other gas, with a basket (= container) hanging under it in which people can ride

verb

Talk in a rambling manner.

Usage examples:

Dennis maundered on about the wine

verb

To talk or write in a confused way, often for a long time

Usage examples:

Tony continued to maunder on about his great passion., he maundered about her being the best thing …

noun

Spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense.

Usage examples:

He was talking absolute nonsense

noun

Foolish words or actions

Usage examples:

Those accusations are pure/sheer nonsense., what’s all this nonsense about quitting school?

exclamation

Used to express disdain or disbelief.

Usage examples:

So phooey to sophistication

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

They dismiss it all as movie phooey

exclamation

Used to express disappointment or to show you do not have much respect for something

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

It's absolute piffle to say that violence is ok

noun

Nonsense

Usage examples:

Jo really does talk a lot of piffle sometimes.

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

He said i was talking poppycock

noun

Nonsense

Usage examples:

He dismissed the allegations as poppycock.

verb

Talk foolishly or at tedious length about something.

Usage examples:

I heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half

verb

To talk stupidly, or about things that are not important, for a long time

Usage examples:

Inevitably there's some caller prating on about the decline in moral standards.

verb

Talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.

Usage examples:

She began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist

noun

Foolish or inconsequential talk.

Usage examples:

Do you intend to keep up this childish prattle?

verb

To talk in a silly way or like a child for a long time about things that are not important or without saying anything important

Usage examples:

She'd have prattled on about her new job for the whole afternoon if i'd let her., stop your prattli…

verb

Walk for pleasure in the countryside.

Usage examples:

I spent most of my spare time rambling and climbing

noun

A walk taken for pleasure in the countryside.

Usage examples:

Based at 18 excellent country houses, they have a wide choice of walks from gentle rambles to adven…

verb

To walk for pleasure, esp. in the countryside

Usage examples:

I love to ramble through the woods., it was hard to listen to her ramble on and on about her vacati…

noun

Waste material; refuse or litter.

Usage examples:

Householders may be charged for the removal of non-recyclable rubbish

verb

Criticize severely and reject as worthless.

Usage examples:

He rubbished the idea of a european community-wide carbon tax

adjective

Very bad; worthless or useless.

Usage examples:

People might say i was a rubbish manager

noun

Nonsense; rubbish.

Usage examples:

Did you ever hear such awful tommyrot?

noun

The first or second stomach of a cow or other ruminant used as food.

Usage examples:

In watsonville they do great brain, tripe or tongue tacos.

noun

The covering of the inside of the stomach of an animal, such as a cow or sheep, used for food

Usage examples:

Stewed tripe, she said my last essay was complete tripe., people talk a lot of tripe about fashion.

noun

Trivial or foolish speech or writing; nonsense.

Usage examples:

He dismissed the novel as self-indulgent twaddle

verb

Talk or write in a trivial or foolish way.

Usage examples:

What is that old fellow twaddling about?

noun

Speech or writing that is silly or not true

Usage examples:

She dismissed the findings as utter twaddle/a load of old twaddle.

verb

(of a bird) give a call consisting of repeated light tremulous sounds.

Usage examples:

Sparrows twittered under the eaves

noun

A series of short, high-pitched calls or sounds.

Usage examples:

His words were cut off by a faint electronic twitter

noun

The name of a social networking site on the internet for communicating with people quickly

verb

Speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner.

Usage examples:

He waffled on about his problems

noun

Lengthy but vague or trivial talk or writing.

Usage examples:

We've edited out some of the waffle

adjective

Denoting a style of fine honeycomb weaving or a fabric woven to give a honeycomb effect.

Usage examples:

The waffle material is really lightweight, but does an excellent job of keeping you warm!