driveled

Talked utter rubbish

Driveled is the past tense of drivel, meaning to let saliva flow from the mouth or to talk nonsense.

The literal sense—slobbering like an infant or someone lacking control—extends to foolish, senseless speech: He driveled on about conspiracy theories for an hour.

Also spelled drivelled.

babbled

nonsense

Meaningless words or actions

prattle · twaddle · claptrap · balderdash · hogwash · malarkey · piffle · poppycock · rubbish · foolishness

drooled

saliva

Mouth's digestive secretion

drool · spittle · drip · leakage · dribbling · teething · infant · toddler · bib · messy

incoherent

garbled

Confused and unintelligible

confused · scrambled · inarticulate · jumbled · fragmented · incomprehensible · unclear · senseless · illogical · disconnected

Opposites
speech coherence

driveledarticulated

Having segments that bend

reasoned · discoursed · expounded · made sense · elucidated

PHYSICAL STATE (saliva/drool)

driveleddried

Stripped of moisture

clean · wiped

physical state (saliva)

driveleddry

Free from moisture

clean · composed · controlled

Family

drivel, driveling, drivels, drivelled, drivelling

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G