burble
UK /ˈbɜː.bl̩/ · US /ˈbɝ.bl̩/ noun, verb
Forms burbles burbling burbled
- noun A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
- noun A gush of rapid speech.
- noun The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.
- verb (intransitive) To bubble; to gurgle.
- verb To babble; to speak in an excited rush. “She burbled on, as if I cared to listen.”
- noun Trouble; disorder.
- verb (transitive) To trouble or confuse.
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Etymology
From Middle English burblen (“to bubble”), imitative.
Scottish; probably connected Old French barbouiller (“to confound”).
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