variants
or drivelled
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as in shouted
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 driveled
Verb
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Abby spits back before raising her gun and blasting off his knee.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
21 Apr. 2025 -
Elliott spits her verses in patois, freeing up space on the track for the drums to get some before Cartel and M.I.A. slide through. 41.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2016
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The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
15 May 2024
Verb
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The Bears lost Brown’s first four games as head coach by an average score of 27-11 while the offense sputtered to an average of 252 yards during that span.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2025
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New England's offense has sputtered, and their defense hasn't been able to keep games competitive.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
5 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Abel Bonne chatted with friends on Havana's Malecon waterfront boulevard early Saturday, taking in the fresh sea breeze after a stuffy night without power.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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Speaking on his YouTube channel, Bisping chatted about the current lightweight title picture in the UFC, and said that the UFC's matchmakers could go in any one of many different directions with their next fight booking for the 155-pound title.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Driveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/driveled. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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