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D — Dreggy to Dyspnœa (Part 5 of 16)

Drive at. Intend, purpose, aim at, tend to, be after, endeavor after.

Drive away. Expel, disperse, scatter, dispel, drive off.

Drive back. Repel, repulse.

Drivel, v. n.

    1. Slaver, slobber, drool.
    2. Dote, be imbecile, be foolish.

Drivel, n.

    1. Slaver, drivelling.
    2. Nonsense, balderdash, stuff, foolish talk, nonsense, twaddle, twattle, imbecile prating. See prate.

Driveller, n. [Written also Driveler.]

    1. Slaverer, drooler.
    2. Dotard, idiot, simpleton, fool, imbecile, twattler, senseless gabbler.

Drivelling, n. [Written also Driveling.]

    1. Slaver.
    2. Foolishness, folly, idiocy.

Drive off. Expel, drive away.

Drive out. Expel, reject, eject, cast out, turn out.

Drizzle, v. n. Rain (in small drops), mizzle.

Droll, n.

    1. Jester (by profession), buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, punch, punchinello, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, jack-pudding, merryandrew, pickle-herring.
    2. Farce, comic show.

Droll, a.

    1. Comic, comical, funny, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, ridiculous.