BURBLE DEFINITIONS - 7 definitions found
burble v 1: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) burble I. intransitive verb (burbled; burbling) Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. to make a bubbling sound 2. babble, prattle • burbler noun II. noun Date: 1898 1. prattle 2. the breaking up of the smooth flow of air about a body (as an airplane wing) • burbly adjective Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary burble (burbles, burbling, burbled) 1. If something burbles, it makes a low continuous bubbling sound. The water burbled over gravel... The river gurgled and burbled. VERB: V prep, V 2. If you say that someone is burbling, you mean that they are talking in a confused way. He burbled something incomprehensible... Key burbled about the wonderful people who contribute to tourism... He burbles on about freedom. VERB: V n, V about n, V on about n, also V that, V with quote English Explanatory Dictionary burble ˈbə:bl v. & n. --v.intr. 1 speak ramblingly; make a murmuring noise. 2 Aeron. (of an air-flow) break up into turbulence. --n. 1 a murmuring noise. 2 rambling speech. øøburbler n. [19th c.: imit.] Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) burble v. [from Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"] Like flame, but connotes that the source is truly clueless and ineffectual (mere flamers can be competent). A term of deep contempt. "There's some guy on the phone burbling about how he got a DISK FULL error and it's all our comm software's fault." This is mainstream slang in some parts of England. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 46 Moby Thesaurus words for "burble": babble, be stupid, blather, blither, blubber, boil, boil over, bubble, bubble over, bubble up, chatter, clack, dither, dote, drivel, drool, effervesce, ferment, fizz, fizzle, gabble, guggle, gurgle, hiss, lap, maunder, plash, plop, prattle, purl, rattle, ripple, run on, seethe, simmer, slobber, slosh, sparkle, splash, swash, swish, trill, wash, work, yak, yammer |
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