burble

bur·ble  (bûrbl)

n.

1. A gurgling or bubbling sound, as of running water.

2. A rapid, excited flow of speech.

3. A separation in the boundary layer of fluid about a moving streamlined body, such as the wing of an airplane, causing a breakdown in the smooth flow of fluid and resulting in turbulence.

intr.v. bur·bled, bur·bling, bur·bles

1. To bubble; gurgle.

2. To speak quickly and excitedly; gush.

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[Middle English burblen, to bubble.]

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burbler n.

burbly adj.

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burble [ˈbɜːb^əl]

vb

1. to make or utter with a bubbling sound; gurgle

2. (intr; often foll by away or on) to talk quickly and excitedly

3. (Engineering / Aeronautics) (intr) (of the airflow around a body) to become turbulent

n

1. a bubbling or gurgling sound

2. a flow of excited speech

3. (Engineering / Aeronautics) turbulence in the airflow around a body

[probably of imitative origin; compare Spanish borbollar to bubble, gush, Italian borbugliare]

burbler  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

burble - flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" guggle, gurgle, ripple, bubble, babble sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" gurgle - make sounds similar to gurgling water; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it"

Translations

burble [ˈbɜːbl] VI

1. [baby] → hacer gorgoritos; [stream] → burbujear

2. (pej) [person] (= talk) → farfullar

burble [ˈbɜː^rb^əl]

vi

[water, river] → murmurer

(= talk) [person] → marmonner
to burble about sth → jacasser au sujet de qch
to burble on about sth → radoter sur (le thème de) qch

vt (= say) → marmonner

burble

vi

(stream) → plätschern, gurgeln

(fig, person) → plappern; (baby) → gurgeln; what’s he burbling (on) about? (inf) → worüber quasselt er eigentlich? (inf)

n (of stream) → Plätschern nt, → Gurgeln nt; (on tape etc) → Gemurmel nt

burble [ˈbɜːbl] vi

a. → gorgogliare

b. (pej) → borbottare
what's he burbling (on) about? → che cosa sta borbottando?