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单词 burble
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burble

[ bur-buhl ]
/ ˈbɜr bəl /
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verb (used without object), bur·bled, bur·bling.

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.

Origin of burble

1275–1325; Middle English; perhaps variant of bubble

OTHER WORDS FROM burble

burbler, nounburbly, adverb

Words nearby burble

burb, Burbage, Burbank, Burberry, Burbidge, burble, burbot, 'burbs, Burchfield, Burckhardt, bur clover
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Example sentences from the Web for burble

  • There was no wind, and except for the burble of the stream and the call of the birds all was still in the forest.

    The New Gulliver and Other Stories|Barry Pain
  • I even test my burble on poor Sister every week before sending it in.

    The Book of Susan|Lee Wilson Dodd
  • With a burble of insane, twittering glee, he went into action.

    Master of the Moondog|Stanley Mullen
  • Meanwhile the author of the latest explanation went from house to house to burble the news in the company of his two witnesses.

    The Passionate Elopement|Compton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for burble

burble
/ (ˈbɜːbəl) /

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

Derived forms of burble

burbler, noun

Word Origin for burble

C14: probably of imitative origin; compare Spanish borbollar to bubble, gush, Italian borbugliare
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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