burble

[ bur-buhl ]
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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.

  1. Aeronautics. the breakdown of smooth airflow around a wing at a high angle of attack.

Origin of burble

1
1275–1325; Middle English; perhaps variant of bubble

Other words from burble

  • burbler, noun
  • burbly, adverb

Words Nearby burble

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How to use burble in a sentence

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

    Big Timber | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • I even test my burble on poor Sister every week before sending it in.

    The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson Dodd

British Dictionary definitions for burble

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

  1. (intr) (of the airflow around a body) to become turbulent

noun
  1. a bubbling or gurgling sound

  2. a flow of excited speech

  1. turbulence in the airflow around a body

Origin of burble

1
C14: probably of imitative origin; compare Spanish borbollar to bubble, gush, Italian borbugliare

Derived forms of burble

  • burbler, noun

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