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nonsense
Matter of little or no importance or usefulness:
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  1. Matter of little or no importance or usefulness:
  2. Words or signs having no intelligible meaning:
  3. Extravagant foolishness or frivolity:
twaddle
Foolish, empty talk or writing; nonsense
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  1. Foolish, empty talk or writing; nonsense
blather
Foolish talk; loquacious nonsense
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  1. Foolish talk; loquacious nonsense
foolishness
(Uncountable) The state of being foolish.
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  1. (Uncountable) The state of being foolish.
  2. (Countable) A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity.
slobber
To let saliva, food, etc. run from the mouth; slaver
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  1. To let saliva, food, etc. run from the mouth; slaver
  2. To wet or smear with saliva or liquid dribbled from the mouth.
  3. To wet, smear, or dribble on with saliva
drip
To let fall in or as if in drops:
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  1. To let fall in or as if in drops:
  2. To be so soaked or filled with liquid as to have some trickle down or over
  3. To fall in drops:
slaver
To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
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  1. To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
  2. (Archaic) To slobber on or cover with saliva
  3. To let saliva run or dribble from the mouth; drool
prate
To talk much and foolishly; chatter
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  1. To talk much and foolishly; chatter
  2. To tell idly; blab
  3. To talk idly and at length; chatter:
gabble
To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning.
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  1. To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning.
  2. To utter rapid, meaningless sounds, as a goose does
  3. To speak rapidly or incoherently; jabber.
dribble
(Sports) To move (a ball or puck) by dribbling.
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  1. (Sports) To move (a ball or puck) by dribbling.
  2. To let something fall in drips
  3. To let (saliva, liquid, etc.) drip from the mouth; drool
drool
(Slang) To say in a silly or stupid way
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  1. (Slang) To say in a silly or stupid way
  2. (Slang) To be overly enthusiastic, eager, etc.
  3. To let saliva run from the mouth; drivel.
salivate
To secrete saliva
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  1. To secrete saliva
  2. To produce an excessive flow of saliva in
  3. (Informal) To be full of desire or eagerness for something:
slaver
(Archaic) To slobber on or cover with saliva
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  1. (Archaic) To slobber on or cover with saliva
  2. To let saliva run or dribble from the mouth; drool
  3. To slobber; drool.
slobber
To speak, write, etc. in a mawkish or maudlin way
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  1. To speak, write, etc. in a mawkish or maudlin way
  2. To let saliva or liquid spill out from the mouth; drool.
  3. To let saliva, food, etc. run from the mouth; slaver
drool
Saliva running from the mouth
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  1. Saliva running from the mouth
  2. Saliva.
  3. (Slang) Silly, stupid talk; nonsense
slaver
One, such as a person or ship, that is engaged in the trafficking of slaves.
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  1. One, such as a person or ship, that is engaged in the trafficking of slaves.
  2. Senseless and effusive talk; drivel.
  3. A person who deals in slaves
slobber
Effusive or sentimental expression; drivel.
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  1. Effusive or sentimental expression; drivel.
  2. Saliva or liquid running from the mouth; drool.
  3. Mawkish talk or writing
balderdash
(Archaic) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
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  1. (Archaic) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
  2. Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
  3. Nonsense.
blather
Foolish talk; loquacious nonsense
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  1. Foolish talk; loquacious nonsense
bunkum
Empty or insincere talk; claptrap.
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  1. Empty or insincere talk; claptrap.
  2. (Informal) Talk that is empty, insincere, or merely for effect; humbug
claptrap
A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
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  1. A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
  2. Pretentious, insincere, or empty language:
  3. Absurd, insincere, or empty talk or writing
garbage
Worthless or nonsensical matter; rubbish:
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  1. Worthless or nonsensical matter; rubbish:
  2. Refuse; trash.
  3. Things or something thrown away, specif. spoiled or waste food
idiocy
An idiotic act or remark
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  1. An idiotic act or remark
  2. Behavior like that of an idiot; great foolishness or stupidity
  3. A foolish or stupid utterance or deed.
nonsense
Things of relatively no importance or value; trivialities
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  1. Things of relatively no importance or value; trivialities
  2. Matter of little or no importance or usefulness:
  3. Extravagant foolishness or frivolity:
piffle
Nonsense, foolish talk.
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  1. Nonsense, foolish talk.
  2. Talk, writing, action, etc. regarded as insignificant or nonsensical
  3. Foolish or futile talk or ideas; nonsense.
poppycock
(Informal) Foolish talk; nonsense
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  1. (Informal) Foolish talk; nonsense
rigmarole
Foolish or incoherent rambling talk; nonsense
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  1. Foolish or incoherent rambling talk; nonsense
  2. Confused, rambling, or incoherent discourse; nonsense.
  3. Nonsense; confused and incoherent talk.
rubbish
Any material rejected or thrown away as worthless; trash; refuse
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  1. Any material rejected or thrown away as worthless; trash; refuse
  2. Refuse; garbage.
  3. Foolish discourse; nonsense.
tomfoolery
(Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery.
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  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery.
  2. Foolish behavior; silliness; nonsense
  3. Something trivial or foolish; nonsense.
trash
Disparaging, often abusive speech about a person or group.
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  1. Disparaging, often abusive speech about a person or group.
  2. Broken, discarded, or worthless things; rubbish; refuse
  3. Something broken off or removed to be discarded, especially plant trimmings.
twaddle
Foolish, empty talk or writing; nonsense
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  1. Foolish, empty talk or writing; nonsense
tommyrot
Nonsense, rot.
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  1. Nonsense, rot.
  2. Utter foolishness; nonsense.
  3. (Slang) Nonsense; foolishness
applesauce
(Slang, US, dated, 1920s) Nonsense, balderdash, bunk, piffle.
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  1. (Slang, US, dated, 1920s) Nonsense, balderdash, bunk, piffle.
  2. A dessert or relish made of apples simmered in water and puréed, often containing sugar, cinnamon, etc.
  3. (Slang) Nonsense; hokum
baloney
(Uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense.
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  1. (Uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense.
  2. (Slang) Foolish or exaggerated talk or behavior; nonsense
  3. Nonsense.
bilge
Water that seeps or leaks in, collects there, and becomes stagnant and dirty
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  1. Water that seeps or leaks in, collects there, and becomes stagnant and dirty
  2. (Nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
  3. (Slang) Worthless or silly talk or writing; nonsense
bull
An official document, edict, or decree, esp. one from the pope
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  1. An official document, edict, or decree, esp. one from the pope
  2. A person regarded as like a bull in size, strength, etc.
  3. A ludicrously illogical or incongruous mistake in statement (Ex.: I'm glad I hate onions because if I liked onions, I'd eat them, and I can't stand onions)
bunk
(Nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
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  1. (Nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
  2. A bunk bed.
  3. (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
crap
A losing first throw in the game of craps.
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  1. A losing first throw in the game of craps.
  2. Something useless, inferior, or worthless; trash; junk
  3. Nonsense, falseness, insincerity, etc.
hooey
Nonsense:
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malarkey
(Slang) Insincere, meaningless, or deliberately misleading talk; nonsense
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  1. (Slang) Insincere, meaningless, or deliberately misleading talk; nonsense
  2. Exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive:
Find another word for drivel. In this page you can discover 51 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for drivel, like: nonsense, twaddle, blather, foolishness, slobber, drip, slaver, talk foolishly, prate, gabble and nonsense.

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  • Then again, I could just be talking drivel.

  • Keep in mind that one person's romance may be another person's drivel, and one person's passion may seem like a perversion to someone else.

  • If you're looking for another hint, wait a few minutes before returning or he'll just tell you some drivel about the baseball game.

  • There is no way I'd waste time watching this drivel.

  • It introduced many gamers to the genre, and quickly became legendary thanks to a strong cast of characters and a plotline that still stands head and shoulders above most typical RPG drivel today.

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