burble
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)bəl
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English burblen (to bubble).
[edit] Noun
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burble (plural burbles)
- A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
- A gush of rapid speech.
- She burbled on as if I cared to listen.
- The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.
[edit] Verb
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to burble (third-person singular simple present burbles, present participle burbling, simple past and past participle burbled)
- To bubble; to gurgle.
- To babble; To speak in an excited rush.
[edit] Translations
to bubble, to gurgle
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[edit] References
- (etymology) American Heritage Dictionary.