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noun

variants or drivelling
Definition of drivelingnext
as in babbling

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driveling

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verb

variants or drivelling
present participle of drivel
1
as in spitting
to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth the panting dog driveled on my hand

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2
as in gibbering
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly he driveled on about his "distinguished" family for what seemed like hours

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for driveling
  1. babbling
  2. spitting
  3. prattle
  4. sputtering
  5. drivel
  6. chatting
  7. jabber
Noun
  • Today, her daughter, Dana, is growing up like any other Swiss suburban child, in Basel now, splashing around in toddler swim classes and speaking to her mother in a babbling mix of English and Ukrainian.
    Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Washington mom uses sign language to convey daughter’s babbling to deaf husband Courtney Lotane recently documented her car ride in Seattle, Washington.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 20 Sep. 2023
Definition of babbling
Verb
  • You're used to people spitting lies at you about their identity.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The song grew into a post-grunge anthem, an abrasively catchy, groovy head-scratcher about being blown to hell, spitting in wishing wells, and cuckoo cannonballs.
    Drew Fortune, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of spitting
Noun
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Definition of prattle
Verb
  • Kushner heaps flashback upon flashback; minor characters flare promisingly to life—a creepy uncle of Lucien’s, a disgruntled ex-Moulinard—before sputtering out, victims of their own inconsequence.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The Chinese economy is sputtering and the government is working on a stimulus package to boost the economy.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of sputtering
Noun
  • Any real feelings on their albums are quickly overrun by generic, formulaic drivel.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Works like that one tend to be seen as religious experiences or spiritualist drivel.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of drivel
Verb
  • Grew up helping and chatting to customers in his mother’s nail salon and went on to work in Paris for Maison Margiela under John Galliano, Mai feels strongly about his Vietnamese heritage as well as Texan/American roots.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • There are also a few basic apps like WhatsApp for chatting with friends, but the company is on a mission to reduce screen time, so it’s designed to for minimum obsession and maximum pink pride.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of chatting
Noun
  • Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.
    Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023
Definition of jabber
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