burble

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verb

bur·​ble ˈbər-bəl How to pronounce burble (audio)
burbled; burbling ˈbər-b(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce burble (audio)

intransitive verb

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: to make a bubbling sound
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burbler noun

burble

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noun

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: the breaking up of the smooth flow of air about a body (such as an airplane wing)
burbly adjective

Examples of burble in a Sentence

Verb The baby burbled happily in her crib. Noun the burble of babies can be so endearing
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Verb
Walk under a hammock of dense palm trees alongside a burbling stream on the 15-acre Joy and Gordon Patterson Botanical Garden. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025 Leary burbled his advertising slogan. Dennis McNally, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
The Web is for unvarnished interactions, long rants and video burbles and buffering. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 July 2025 The burble of boiling water, a cauldron between them. Literary Hub, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for burble

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of burble was in the 14th century

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“Burble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burble. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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