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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - drivel

 
 

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Drivel

drivel
If you describe something that is written or said as drivel, you are critical of it because you think it is very silly. What absolute drivel! = nonsense N-UNCOUNT c darkgreen]disapproval
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   I. intransitive verb  (-eled or -elled; -eling or ~ling)  Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dreflian; perhaps akin to Old Norse draf malt dregs  Date: before 12th century  1. to let saliva dribble from the mouth ; slaver  2. to talk stupidly and carelessly  • ~er noun  II. noun  Date: 14th century  1. archaic drool 1  2. nonsense ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  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 driveler). Etymology: OE dreflian (v.) ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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  1. разг. глупая болтовня; околесица, бессмыслица; бред to talk drivel —- нести околесицу, пороть чушь 2. редк. слюни, слюна 3. разг. пороть чушь, нести околесицу, чепуху what is he drivelling about? —- что он там несет? 4. распускать слюни ...
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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   1. noun бессмыслица, глупая болтовня; чушь, бред  2. v.  1) пороть чушь, нести чепуху (about/on) Whats the chairman drivelling about/on now?  2) распустить слюни ...
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  ~1 n something that is said or written that is silly or does not mean anything  (Don't talk such drivel!) ~2 v drivelled, drivelling BrE drivel on/away to speak continuously without saying anything important - drivelling adj  (a drivelling idiot) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  - O.E. dreflian "to dribble or run at the nose," from P.Gmc. *drablojanan. ...
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