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burble
[bur-buhl]
verb (used without object)
to make a bubbling sound; bubble.
to speak in an excited manner; babble.
noun
a bubbling or gentle flow.
an excited flow of speech.
Aeronautics.the breakdown of smooth airflow around a wing at a high angle of attack.
burble
/ ˈɜːə /
verb
to make or utter with a bubbling sound; gurgle
(intr; often foll by away or on) to talk quickly and excitedly
(intr) (of the airflow around a body) to become turbulent
noun
a bubbling or gurgling sound
a flow of excited speech
turbulence in the airflow around a body
Other 51Թ Forms
- burbler noun
- burbly adverb
- ˈܰ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of burble1
Example Sentences
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.
Kennedy's eagerness to slash access to health care burbled up repeatedly during the hearing, most comically when he offered computer software as an alternative to doctors.
“There we go!” someone called out as he cleared the burbling waterway.
These water gardens were lovely and relatively simple, but I still wanted the soothing sound of burbling water.
And notwithstanding the constant shrieks about America’s nativism and xenophobia, the melting pot continues to burble along.
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