noun
Meaning 1
A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
burble
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈbɝ.bl̩/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː.bl̩/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
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UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: B ER1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A gush of rapid speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Trouble; disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 5
To bubble; to gurgle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To babble; to speak in an excited rush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She burbled on, as if I cared to listen.
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verb
Meaning 7
To trouble or confuse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- babbling brooks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ripple, babble, guggle, bubble, gurgle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound, go
History
Etymology
From Middle English burblen (“to bubble”), imitative.
Scottish; probably connected Old French barbouiller (“to confound”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: bełkot — sound of water
- Portuguese: borbulha — sound of water
- Polish: bełkot — speech
- Bulgarian: ромоля (romolja) — to bubble, to gurgle
- Dutch: murmelen — to bubble, to gurgle
- Finnish: pulista — to bubble, to gurgle
- Italian: borbugliare — to bubble, to gurgle
- Māori: kunanu — to bubble, to gurgle
- Māori: arawaru — to bubble, to gurgle
- Portuguese: borbulhar — to bubble, to gurgle
- Spanish: borbollar — to bubble, to gurgle
- Spanish: borbotar — to bubble, to gurgle
- Māori: kaihoro i te kupu — speak in an incoherent rush