Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to drivel
Participle: driveled; drivelled
Gerund: driveling; drivelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | drivel |
| you | drivel |
| he;she;it | drivels |
| we | drivel |
| you | drivel |
| they | drivel |
Perfect
| I | have driveled; drivelled |
| you | have driveled; drivelled |
| he;she;it | has driveled; drivelled |
| we | have driveled; drivelled |
| you | have driveled; drivelled |
| they | have driveled; drivelled |
Past
| I | driveled; drivelled |
| you | driveled; drivelled |
| he;she;it | driveled; drivelled |
| we | driveled; drivelled |
| you | driveled; drivelled |
| they | driveled; drivelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had driveled; drivelled |
| you | had driveled; drivelled |
| he;she;it | had driveled; drivelled |
| we | had driveled; drivelled |
| you | had driveled; drivelled |
| they | had driveled; drivelled |
Future
| I | will drivel |
| you | will drivel |
| he;she;it | will drivel |
| we | will drivel |
| you | will drivel |
| they | will drivel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have driveled; drivelled |
| you | will have driveled; drivelled |
| he;she;it | will have driveled; drivelled |
| we | will have driveled; drivelled |
| you | will have driveled; drivelled |
| they | will have driveled; drivelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | drivel |
| you | drivel |
| he;she;it | drivel |
| we | drivel |
| you | drivel |
| they | drivel |
Perfect
| I | have driveled; drivelled |
| you | have driveled; drivelled |
| he;she;it | have driveled; drivelled |
| we | have driveled; drivelled |
| you | have driveled; drivelled |
| they | have driveled; drivelled |
Imperfect
| I | driveled; drivelled |
| you | driveled; drivelled |
| he;she;it | driveled; drivelled |
| we | driveled; drivelled |
| you | driveled; drivelled |
| they | driveled; drivelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had driveled; drivelled |
| you | had driveled; drivelled |
| he;she;it | had driveled; drivelled |
| we | had driveled; drivelled |
| you | had driveled; drivelled |
| they | had driveled; drivelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would drivel |
| you | would drivel |
| he;she;it | would drivel |
| we | would drivel |
| you | would drivel |
| they | would drivel |
Perfect
| I | would have driveled; drivelled |
| you | would have driveled; drivelled |
| he;she;it | would have driveled; drivelled |
| we | would have driveled; drivelled |
| you | would have driveled; drivelled |
| they | would have driveled; drivelled |
Imperative
| you | drivel |
| we | Let's drivel |
| you | drivel |
Verbs conjugated like 'drivel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'drivel'
divel,
drive,
rivel,
brivet,
derive,
devel,
devvel,
dive,
dreve,
drie,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- talk nonsense
- nonsense
- emit saliva
- drool, slaver, slobber
- to talk too much; to talk idly
- babble, bat the breeze, blab, blabber, blather, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chinwag, chit-chat, chunner, clack, claver, clepe, gabble, gibber, go on, jabber, maunder, natter, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, rabbit, rabbit on, ramble, shoot the breeze, shoot the bull, shoot the shit, smatter, tattle, twaddle, waffle, wibble, witter, yabber, yack, yap, yatter
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. dreflian "to dribble or run at the nose," from P.Gmc. *drablojanan.
2. 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”).
Sample Sentences
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This drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. [c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:]
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driveling dotard [1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Sixth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:]