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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
  • Authorities allege Workman was seen in a video spitting on her baby’s face and pouring dish soap in the infant’s mouth, according to unspecified court documents cited by WKRC, the Cincinnati Enquirer, and Fox 19.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • An Ohio mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly abusing her baby by spitting at her and pouring dish soap down her mouth, authorities said.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Dec. 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
  • But if the reform process lags and if Bangladesh's sputtering economy doesn't improve, the public's patience could start to wear thin for an administration that for now enjoys ample support.
    Michael Kugelman, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Those reports have unnerved British officials, who fear the tariffs could throttle the country’s already sputtering economic growth.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 20 Dec. 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
  • Particularly riveting moments include Ratliff’s daughter chatting with the voice clone, and the AI Ratliff seeking counsel for the real Ratliff’s private concerns in a session with an AI therapist.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • At that youth football game, Beth Dickerson was chatting with Perri Owens when one of the boys came up and started talking.
    Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 23 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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