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burble

Syllabification: (bur·ble)
Pronunciation: /ˈbərbəl/
Translate burble | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of burble

verb

[no object]
  • make a continuous murmuring noise:the wind burbled at his ear
  • speak in an unintelligible or silly way, typically at unnecessary length:he burbled on about annuities [with object]:he was burbling inanities
  • Aeronautics (often as noun burbling) (of an airflow) break up into turbulence.

noun

  • continuous murmuring noise.
  • rambling speech:an hour of boring burble

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'to bubble'): imitative. Current senses date from the late 19th century

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