as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk
the burble of babies can be so endearing
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Recent Examples of burble
Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The soundtrack of Niu Shack consists of the gentle swoosh of leaves and the burble of the nearby river, which forms a pool-like swimming hole just underneath the property.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
The most recent eruption at Yellowstone took place roughly 70,000 years ago, when thick lava burbled up to the surface and flowed across the landscape.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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Noun
What weird burble in the zeitgeist has somehow manifested in lines of identical Chalamets?
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The soundtrack of Niu Shack consists of the gentle swoosh of leaves and the burble of the nearby river, which forms a pool-like swimming hole just underneath the property.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
Verb
Each year, Yellowstone National Park attracts millions of visitors who are eager to see its explosive geysers, steaming hot springs and burbling mud pots.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
The most recent eruption at Yellowstone took place roughly 70,000 years ago, when thick lava burbled up to the surface and flowed across the landscape.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burble
Verb
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That’s all Joe can think about, even while Henry’s chattering about his sessions with therapist George, and especially while Kate’s giving him the cold shoulder.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The chattering motion involved the lower beak snapping about 12 times per second.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.—
Joshua Cohen,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
Verb
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But when the disheveled, withdrawn ex-friend shows up in the locker room gibbering about an evil spirit, Sam is mortified, impulsively knocking to the ground the grungy-looking Mason jar that Tamira has been carrying around.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2023
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For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2018
Noun
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And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.—
Jennifer Rubin,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
Noun
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This nonsense all tracks back to a May 9 visit Baraka, McIver and other members of Congress made to a New Jersey immigration detention center.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Stellar Blade was one of my favorite games of last year, a stellar (ha) action adventure title that did not deserve the culture war nonsense that surrounded it.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Verb
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In the latest episode of SiriusXM’s Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend, the comedian and former late night host welcomed Hacks co-creator Paul W. Downs to chat about stand-up diva Deborah Vance's (Jean Smart) big return to the late night circuit on the latest season of the HBO hit.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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Arden had been chatting with his husband, actor Andy Mientus, about the Tony-winning musical by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater spun from Wedekind’s drama.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
Verb
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The sky was gray, and rain pattered down through the leaves.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Jan. 2025
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Timbaland’s programming is at warp level, with pattering percussion across drum heads, yielding a crowd-pleaser that Elliott carries at a galloping pace.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Zac also blabs that Bret and Demi have skeletons in their closet and are working to get a cease-and-desist.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
18 May 2025
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Unfortunately, The Croat, being a complete and total tattletale, blabbed to The Dama that Negan had hesitated.—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
11 May 2025
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“Burble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burble. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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