<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.</li><li>Childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle.</li><li>Synonyms: hindrance, inconvenience, drawback.</li><li>The state or an instance of being in an unfavorable circumstance or condition: to be at a disadvantage.</li><li>Something that puts one in an unfavorable position or condition: His bad temper is a disadvantage.</li><li>Injury to interest, reputation, credit, profit, etc.; loss: Your behavior is a disadvantage to your family's good name.</li><li>Synonyms: damage, harm, hurt, detriment.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>Driveled, drivel­ing: to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver.</li><li>To talk childishly or idiotically.</li><li>Archaic: to issue like spittle.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>Driveled, drivel­ing: to utter childishly or idiotically.</li><li>To waste foolishly.</li></ul>