burble

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɜɹ.bəl/

Noun

burble (plural burbles)

1. A bubbling#Adjective|bubbling, gurgling#Adjective|gurgling sound#Noun|sound, as of a creek.
2. A gush#Noun|gush of rapid speech.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 3,

     He could hear the music in the distance, and the burble and laughter from the library, and a high ringing in his own ears.

3. The turbulent boundary layer about a moving#Adjective|moving streamlined body.

Verb

burble (burbles, present participle burbling; past and past participle burbled)

1. To bubble; to gurgle.
2. To babble; to speak in an excited rush.

   She burbled on, as if I cared to listen.

Translations

• Italian: borbugliare
• Portuguese: borbulhar
• Spanish: borbollar, borbotar

Noun

burble

1. Trouble; disorder.

Verb

burble (burbles, present participle burbling; past and past participle burbled)

1. (transitive) To trouble or confuse.

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