bur·ble (bûr b l)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. [Middle English burblen, to bubble.] bur bler n.bur bly adj. |
burble [ˈbɜːbəl]
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
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. | burble - flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" 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
vi
(stream) → plätschern, gurgeln
(fig, person) → plappern; (baby) → gurgeln; what’s he burbling (on) about? (inf) → worüber quasselt er eigentlich? (inf)
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