drivel away

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• drivel — 1 noun (U) something that is said or written that is silly or does not mean anything: Don t talk such drivel! 2 verb drivelled, drivelling (I) BrE drivel on/away to speak continuously without saying anything important drivelling adjective: a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• drivel — Synonyms and related words: Greek, absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, balls, baloney, be insane, be stupid, bibble babble, blabber, blather, blatherskite, blither, blow, blunder away, bombast, bosh, bull, bullshit, burble, cast …   Moby Thesaurus

• drivel — v 1. drool, drip saliva, slaver, slobber, slabber; sputter, splutter; snivel, sniffle. 2. babble, gibber, Sl. gibber jabber, jargon; twaddle, Brit. twattle, blather, blether, Inf. blither, drool; talk nonsense, Inf. talk through one s hat; ramble …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• drivel — 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… …   Useful english dictionary

• dribble away — Synonyms and related words: ablate, atrophy, blow, blunder away, consume, consume away, dally away, decrease, deplete, depreciate, diddle away, dissipate, drain, drivel, drivel away, emaciate, erode, fool away, fritter, fritter away, idle away,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• fool away — Synonyms and related words: blow, blunder away, consume, dally away, diddle away, dissipate, dribble away, drivel away, fritter, fritter away, idle away, muddle away, piss away, potter away, squander, throw, trifle away, while away …   Moby Thesaurus

• while away — Synonyms and related words: bestow, consecrate to, consume, dally away, dedicate to, devote, diddle away, dribble away, drivel away, employ, expend, fool away, fritter away, give over to, give to, idle away, muddle away, pass, piss away, potter… …   Moby Thesaurus

• dally — Synonyms and related words: abide, await, bide, bide the issue, bill and coo, caress, copulate, coquet, cosset, cuddle, dabble, dally away, dandle, dawdle, delay, diddle, diddle away, dillydally, doodle, drag, dribble away, drivel away, falter,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• fribble — Synonyms and related words: Beau Brummel, Sunday painter, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, airy, amateur, asinine, bagatelle, bauble, bean, beau, beguile the time, bibelot, bit, blade, blood, boulevardier, brass farthing, bric a… …   Moby Thesaurus

• idle — Synonyms and related words: abortive, absurd, airy, amble, ambling, asinine, asleep, at a standstill, at anchor, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, available, baseless, be a sideliner, be still, bootless, brogue, bum, bum around, catchpenny,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• potter — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, ceramicist, ceramist, consume time, coquet, dabble, dally, dally away, diddle, diddle away, doodle, dribble away, drivel away, enamelist, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with …   Moby Thesaurus