burble

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verb

bur·​ble ˈbər-bəl How to pronounce burble (audio)
burbled; burbling ˈbər-b(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce burble (audio)

intransitive verb

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: to make a bubbling sound
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burbler noun

burble

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noun

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: the breaking up of the smooth flow of air about a body (such as an airplane wing)
burbly adjective

Examples of burble in a Sentence

Verb The baby burbled happily in her crib. Noun the burble of babies can be so endearing
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Verb
The layered beat builds like a dream, swirling burbling synth melodies, breathy intonations, and pulsing rhythms into synchrony. Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024 Keep The Water Moving Use a small device that sits inside the birdbath to agitate the water to prevent it from freezing, or choose a bubbler rock, which burbles water up and provides a place for birds to perch. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
The drag setting requires raised voices for conversation, while normal and sport settings recede to the background burble V8 fans will recognize. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024 What weird burble in the zeitgeist has somehow manifested in lines of identical Chalamets? Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 See all Example Sentences for burble 

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of burble was in the 14th century

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“Burble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burble. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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