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  • 31Drivelled — Drivel Driv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Driveled}or {Drivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Driveling} or {Drivelling}.] [Cf. OE. dravelen, drabelen, drevelen, drivelen, to slaver, and E. drabble. Cf. {Drool}.] 1. To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from… …

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  • 32Drivelling — Drivel Driv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Driveled}or {Drivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Driveling} or {Drivelling}.] [Cf. OE. dravelen, drabelen, drevelen, drivelen, to slaver, and E. drabble. Cf. {Drool}.] 1. To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from… …

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  • 33drool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. drivel, slaver. See excretion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To slobber] Syn. drivel, drip, slaver, salivate, spit, water at the mouth, dribble, trickle, ooze, run (out); see also drop 1 . 2. [To want]… …

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  • 34slabber — verb let saliva drivel from the mouth The baby drooled • Syn: ↑drivel, ↑drool, ↑slaver, ↑slobber, ↑dribble • See Also: ↑slobber over ( …

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  • 35slobber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. slaver, drivel, dribble, drool. See excretion, moisture. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. drip, salivate, dribble; see drool 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. drool, slaver, dribble, salivate, drivel.… …

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  • 36nonsense — 1. noun 1) that s a lot of damn nonsense Syn: rubbish, gibberish, claptrap, balderdash, blarney; informal hogwash, baloney, rot, moonshine, garbage, jive, tripe, drivel, bilge, bull, guff, bunk, bosh …

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  • 37nonsense — nonsense, twaddle, drivel, bunk, balderdash, poppycock, gobbledygook, trash, rot, bull are comparable when they mean something said or proposed which is senseless or absurd. Nonsense is the most general of these terms; it may be referred to… …

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  • 38drool — v 1. water at the mouth, drivel, dribble, drip saliva, slaver, slobber; sputter, splutter. 2. babble, gibber, Sl. gibber jabber, blather, blether, Inf. blither. See drivel(def.2). n 3. drivel, slaver, slobber, slabber. See drivel(def.4) …

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  • 39drool — /droohl/, v.i. 1. to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel. 2. to show excessive pleasure or anticipation of pleasure. 3. to talk foolishly. n. 4. saliva running down from one s mouth; drivel. [1795 1805; var. of driule …

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  • 40dribble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. slaver, drivel; trickle. See egress, excretion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. trickle, drip, leak, slaver; see drool 1 , drop 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. trickle, weep, run, drip, leak, ooze,… …

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