burble

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)bəl

Etymology

From Middle English burblen (to bubble).

Noun

burble (plural burbles)

1. A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
2. A gush of rapid speech.

   She burbled on as if I cared to listen.

3. The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.

Verb

burble (third-person singular simple present burbles, present participle burbling, simple past and past participle burbled)

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

Translations

to bubble, to gurgle

• Dutch: murmelen (nl)
• Italian: borbugliare

• Portuguese: borbulhar (pt)
• Spanish: borbollar (es)

References

• (etymology) American Heritage Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lubber
• rubble