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driv•el

Pronunciation: (driv'ul), [key]
—n., v., -eled, -el•ingor (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling.

—n.
1. saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
2. childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle.

—v.i.
1. to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver.
2. to talk childishly or idiotically.
3. Archaic.to issue like spittle.

—v.t.
1. to utter childishly or idiotically.
2. to waste foolishly.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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