drivel

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

From Middle English drivel, probably from driven + -el, unless borrowed from an equivalent word in another West Germanic language. Compare Old Dutch drevel (“scullion”).

From Middle English drevelen, drivelen, from Old English dreflian (“to drivel, slobber, slaver”), from Proto-Germanic *drablijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dherebh- (“cloudy, turbid; yeast”).

Perhaps a blend of drive + dribble.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: глупости (gluposti) — senseless talk
• Bulgarian: безсмислици (bezsmislici) — senseless talk
• Catalan: ximpleries — senseless talk
• Czech: cancy — senseless talk
• Dutch: geneuzel — senseless talk
• Finnish: höpinä — senseless talk
• Finnish: höpöpuhe — senseless talk
• Finnish: höpötys — senseless talk
• Finnish: pöty — senseless talk
• Finnish: hölynpöly — senseless talk
• French: foutaise — senseless talk
• Georgian: ყბედობა (q̇bedoba) — senseless talk
• Georgian: როშვა (rošva) — senseless talk
• Georgian: უაზროდ ლაპარაკი (uazrod laṗaraḳi) — senseless talk
• Georgian: სულელური ლაპარაკი (suleluri laṗaraḳi) — senseless talk
• German: Blödsinn — senseless talk
• German: Faselei — senseless talk
• German: Gefasel — senseless talk
• German: Gelaber — senseless talk
• German: Laberei — senseless talk
• German: Geschwafel — senseless talk
• German: Schwafelei — senseless talk
• German: Gewäsch — senseless talk
• German: Geschwätz — senseless talk
• German: Gesülze — senseless talk
• German: Gerede — senseless talk
• German: Palaver — senseless talk
• Greek: αερολογίες (aerologíes) — senseless talk
• Italian: sproloquio — senseless talk
• Italian: vaniloquio — senseless talk
• Italian: ciancia — senseless talk
• Italian: corbelleria — senseless talk
• Māori: ngutungutuahi — senseless talk
• Māori: kutukutuahi — senseless talk
• Norwegian: sprøyt — senseless talk
• Polish: bełkot — senseless talk
• Portuguese: besteira — senseless talk
• Portuguese: bobagem — senseless talk
• Russian: бессмы́слица (bessmýslica) — senseless talk
• Russian: ерунда́ (jerundá) — senseless talk
• Russian: чепуха́ (čepuxá) — senseless talk
• Russian: чушь (čušʹ) — senseless talk
• Russian: вздор (vzdor) — senseless talk
• Spanish: tonterías — senseless talk
• Spanish: chorradas — senseless talk
• Spanish: babosadas — senseless talk
• Spanish: leseras — senseless talk
• Spanish: macanas — senseless talk
• Spanish: monserga — senseless talk
• Spanish: estupideces — senseless talk
• Swedish: dravel — senseless talk
• Bulgarian: лиги (ligi) — saliva, drool
• Bulgarian: слюнка (sljunka) — saliva, drool
• Czech: sliny — saliva, drool
• Dutch: kwijl — saliva, drool
• Dutch: speeksel — saliva, drool
• Finnish: sylki — saliva, drool
• Finnish: kuola — saliva, drool
• French: bave — saliva, drool
• Georgian: ნერწყვი (nerc̣q̇vi) — saliva, drool
• Georgian: დორბლი (dorbli) — saliva, drool
• German: Geifer — saliva, drool
• German: Sabber — saliva, drool
• Greek: σάλιο (sálio) — saliva, drool
• Hindi: लार (lār) — saliva, drool
• Norwegian: sikkel — saliva, drool
• Portuguese: baba — saliva, drool
• Russian: слюна́ (sljuná) — saliva, drool
• Russian: слюни (sljuni) — saliva, drool
• Swedish: drägel — saliva, drool
• Swedish: dregel — saliva, drool
• Bulgarian: говоря глупости (govorja gluposti) — to talk nonsense
• Chinese Mandarin: 胡说 (húshuō) — to talk nonsense
• Chinese Mandarin: 胡扯 (húchě) — to talk nonsense
• Czech: blábolit — to talk nonsense
• Czech: žvanit — to talk nonsense
• Finnish: höpsiä — to talk nonsense
• Finnish: höpöttää — to talk nonsense
• Finnish: puhua puuta heinää — to talk nonsense
• French: radoter — to talk nonsense
• French: baragouiner — to talk nonsense
• Greek: αερολογώ (aerologó) — to talk nonsense
• Greek: σαλιαρίζω (saliarízo) — to talk nonsense
• Greek: λέω ανοησίες (léo anoïsíes) — to talk nonsense
• Māori: ngutungutuahi — to talk nonsense
• Māori: kutukutuahi — to talk nonsense
• Polish: bajać — to talk nonsense
• Polish: bajdurzyć — to talk nonsense
• Spanish: decir tonterías — to talk nonsense
• Swedish: dravla — to talk nonsense
• Bulgarian: лигавя се (ligavja se) — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Catalan: bavejar — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Czech: slintat — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Dutch: kwijlen — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• French: baver — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Galician: babar — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Galician: baballar — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Galician: babear — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Galician: babexar — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• German: sabbern — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Greek: βγάζω σάλια (vgázo sália) — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Māori: hāwareware — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Portuguese: babar — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Spanish: babear — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Swedish: dregla — to have saliva drip from the mouth
• Swedish: drägla — to have saliva drip from the mouth