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burble

[ bur-buhl ]

verb (used without object)

, bur·bled, bur·bling.
  1. to make a bubbling sound; bubble.
  2. to speak in an excited manner; babble.


noun

  1. a bubbling or gentle flow.
  2. an excited flow of speech.
  3. Aeronautics. the breakdown of smooth airflow around a wing at a high angle of attack.

burble

/ ˈbɜːbəl /

verb

  1. to make or utter with a bubbling sound; gurgle
  2. intr; often foll by away or on to talk quickly and excitedly
  3. intr (of the airflow around a body) to become turbulent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a bubbling or gurgling sound
  2. a flow of excited speech
  3. turbulence in the airflow around a body
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈburbler, noun
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Other Words From

  • burbler noun
  • burbly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of burble1

1275–1325; Middle English; perhaps variant of bubble
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Word History and Origins

Origin of burble1

C14: probably of imitative origin; compare Spanish borbollar to bubble, gush, Italian borbugliare
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Example Sentences

Many faucet and flower designs stand out with their gentle burble, while others, like modern plastic designs, are transparent and blend into the background.

Asking short questions is hard, which is why so many interviewers burble their way through long ones.

Meanwhile the author of the latest explanation went from house to house to burble the news in the company of his two witnesses.

All was still again except the quiet hum of the mechanical shampoo brush and the soft burble of running water.

There was no wind, and except for the burble of the stream and the call of the birds all was still in the forest.

She heard a faint burble of talk away at the other end of the wire.

I even test my burble on poor Sister every week before sending it in.

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