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.

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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

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noun

1. a bubbling or gurgling sound

2. a flow of excited speech

3. turbulence in the airflow around a body

Other Word Forms

• burbler noun
• burbly adverb

Etymology

Origin of burble

1275–1325; Middle English; perhaps variant of bubble

Example Sentences

Birds sing and the Lukaya River burbles along the valley floor.

From Barron's

Miller, the Mono Lake Committee’s Eastern Sierra policy director, and Geoff McQuilkin, its executive director, led the way to a burbling spring rimmed by innumerable hoof prints.

From Los Angeles Times

Meghan is a wealthy American woman living a royal dream, if you ignore the geyser of British tabloid bile constantly burbling in the background of her life.

From Salon

DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. — Patrice Miller, 71, lived by herself in a small yellow house beneath towering mountain peaks on the edge of a burbling river in this Sierra County village.

From Los Angeles Times

“There we go!” someone called out as he cleared the burbling waterway.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• babble