as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk
the burble of babies can be so endearing
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Recent Examples of burble
Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The soundtrack of Niu Shack consists of the gentle swoosh of leaves and the burble of the nearby river, which forms a pool-like swimming hole just underneath the property.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2024
Each year, Yellowstone National Park attracts millions of visitors who are eager to see its explosive geysers, steaming hot springs and burbling mud pots.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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Noun
What weird burble in the zeitgeist has somehow manifested in lines of identical Chalamets?
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The soundtrack of Niu Shack consists of the gentle swoosh of leaves and the burble of the nearby river, which forms a pool-like swimming hole just underneath the property.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
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, 17 Dec. 2024
Each year, Yellowstone National Park attracts millions of visitors who are eager to see its explosive geysers, steaming hot springs and burbling mud pots.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burble
Verb
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Just read a copy of this silly book, and if anyone is curious for a review from someone who lived it first-hand: this book is political fairy smut for the permanent, professional chattering class.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
20 May 2025
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The moms chattered and laughed and sang, while the birds made a croaking sound.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.—
Joshua Cohen,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
Verb
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But when the disheveled, withdrawn ex-friend shows up in the locker room gibbering about an evil spirit, Sam is mortified, impulsively knocking to the ground the grungy-looking Mason jar that Tamira has been carrying around.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2023
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For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2018
Noun
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And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.—
Jennifer Rubin,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
Noun
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Beyond that, the show is mostly content to amble along, loping toward the green and from time to time indulging in odd bits of nonsense.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Yet Towns has proven, one moment at a time, that reputation, that narrative is a bunch of nonsense.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
Verb
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Fried, meanwhile, adjusted his slider grip a few weeks ago after chatting with Rodón.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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Gartner predicts that generative AI capabilities, from voice to chat, will be present in 75% of new contact centers by 2028.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Verb
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The sky was gray, and rain pattered down through the leaves.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Jan. 2025
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Timbaland’s programming is at warp level, with pattering percussion across drum heads, yielding a crowd-pleaser that Elliott carries at a galloping pace.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Zac also blabs that Bret and Demi have skeletons in their closet and are working to get a cease-and-desist.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
18 May 2025
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Unfortunately, The Croat, being a complete and total tattletale, blabbed to The Dama that Negan had hesitated.—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
11 May 2025
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“Burble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burble. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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