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burble

American  
[bur-buhl] / ˈbɜr bəl /

verb (used without object)

burbled, burbling

  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 British  
/ 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

Other Word Forms

  • burbler noun
  • burbly adverb

Etymology

Origin of burble

1275–1325; Middle English; perhaps variant of bubble

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