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{
"ref": "2020 August 26, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: Catastrophe at Carmont”, in Rail, page 4",
"text": "A ray of light amid all this nonsense was Gwyn Topham's piece in the Guardian, which was timely, measured, accurate and of appropriate tone. That this single report stood out so clearly as an exemplar is a scathing comment in itself on the volumes of drivel surrounding it.",
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "senseless talk",
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"plural"
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"word": "ximpleries"
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"sense": "senseless talk",
"word": "höpinä"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "senseless talk",
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "senseless talk",
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},
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"sense": "senseless talk",
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"sense": "senseless talk",
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "q̇bedoba",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"word": "ყბედობა"
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"roman": "rošva",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"word": "როშვა"
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"roman": "uazrod laṗaraḳi",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"word": "უაზროდ ლაპარაკი"
},
{
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"roman": "suleluri laṗaraḳi",
"sense": "senseless talk",
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"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
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"sense": "senseless talk",
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"sense": "senseless talk",
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"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Palaver"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aerologíes",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "αερολογίες"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sproloquio"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vaniloquio"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ciancia"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "corbelleria"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"word": "ngutungutuahi"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"word": "kutukutuahi"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "besteira"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bobagem"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bessmýslica",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бессмы́слица"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jerundá",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ерунда́"
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"roman": "čepuxá",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "чепуха́"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čušʹ",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чушь"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzdor",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вздор"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "tonterías"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "chorradas"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "babosadas"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
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"word": "leseras"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "senseless talk",
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"plural"
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"word": "macanas"
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"sense": "senseless talk",
"tags": [
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"word": "monserga"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "senseless talk",
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"neuter"
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"word": "dravel"
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"Saliva, drool."
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"(archaic) Saliva, drool."
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "ligi",
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],
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "sylki"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "saliva, drool",
"word": "kuola"
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{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "saliva, drool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bave"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "nerc̣q̇vi",
"sense": "saliva, drool",
"word": "ნერწყვი"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "dorbli",
"sense": "saliva, drool",
"word": "დორბლი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "saliva, drool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "saliva, drool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sabber"
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"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sálio",
"sense": "saliva, drool",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σάλιο"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lār",
"sense": "saliva, drool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "लार"
},
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"sense": "saliva, drool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sljuná",
"sense": "saliva, drool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "слюна́"
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"roman": "sljuni",
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"sense": "saliva, drool",
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"word": "drägel"
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{
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"sense": "saliva, drool",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dregel"
}
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"glosses": [
"A fool; an idiot."
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"links": [
[
"fool",
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[
"idiot",
"idiot"
]
],
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"(obsolete) A fool; an idiot."
],
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"ipa": "/dɹɪv.əl/",
"tags": [
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English drivelen, drevelen, from Old English dreflian (“to drivel, slobber, slaver”), from Proto-Germanic *drablijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerebʰ- (“cloudy, turbid; yeast”).",
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{
"form": "driveled",
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"US",
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},
{
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"lang_code": "en",
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{
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"To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool."
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{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "govorja gluposti",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "говоря глупости"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "húshuō",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "胡说"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "húchě",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "胡扯"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "blábolat"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "žvanit"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "höpsiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "höpöttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "puhua puuta heinää"
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"ref": "1914 May 30, The Darling Downs Gazette, Qld, page 2",
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"ref": "1872 August 31, The Mercury, Hobart, page 2",
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{
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "senseless talk",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "govorja gluposti",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "говоря глупости"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "húshuō",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "胡说"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "húchě",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "胡扯"
},
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "blábolat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "žvanit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "höpsiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "höpöttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "puhua puuta heinää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "radoter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "baragouiner"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aerologó",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "αερολογώ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "saliarízo",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "σαλιαρίζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "léo anoïsíes",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "λέω ανοησίες"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "ngutungutuahi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to talk nonsense",
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"sense": "to talk nonsense",
"word": "dravla"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ligavja se",
"sense": "to have saliva drip from the mouth",
"word": "лигавя се"
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"sense": "to have saliva drip from the mouth",
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"sense": "to have saliva drip from the mouth",
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"ref": "1865 October 7, The Mercury, Hobart, page 2",
"text": "But that is a state of things, which must in time work its own cure. We cannot always go dribbling and drivelling along, government and people alike being the scoff of all onlookers.",
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{
"ref": "1872 October 29, The Newcastle Chronicle, NSW, page 4",
"text": "There was a good deal of bustle and life at the inn; but three or four inebriates drivelling about the premises were 'suffering a recovery,' from the excitement of the previous night's entertainment.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1914 May 30, The Darling Downs Gazette, Qld, page 2",
"text": "Walter was as silly as most men are when in love. He went drivelling off in pursuit of her \"dear little work-worn hands\"[.]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1939 September 15, The Daily Examiner, Grafton, NSW, page 5",
"text": "\"I am amazed to think we are in the second week of war and this country is still drivelling along with a small volunteer force,\" he added.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To move or travel slowly."
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"ref": "1858 August 17, The Ovens and Murray Advertiser, Beechworth, Vic, page 2",
"text": "Instead of drivelling away the precious initiative season of life in the vain labour of teaching tuneable voices to sing[.]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1872 August 31, The Mercury, Hobart, page 2",
"text": "It is for the country to say whether we are to keep on in this backward course, whether we are to go on getting deeper and deeper into debt, whether we are to have increased taxation year after year. The bone and sinew of the land is drivelling away.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To use up or to be used up."
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