as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk
the burble of babies can be so endearing
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Recent Examples of burble
David Hochman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Yet there was an ideological war burbling underneath, all revolving around the question of what government exists to do.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2025
The drag setting requires raised voices for conversation, while normal and sport settings recede to the background burble V8 fans will recognize.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Set on six acres within Kelley Park and modeled after the Korakuen Garden in Okayama, Japan, the Friendship Garden has koi ponds, wooden footbridges, burbling waterfalls, and paths designed for more for strolling than power walking.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Yet there was an ideological war burbling underneath, all revolving around the question of what government exists to do.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
There are a handful of moments where synthesized washes burble and soar, the net effect of arena lights splashing onto a crowd of thousands.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2025
The drag setting requires raised voices for conversation, while normal and sport settings recede to the background burble V8 fans will recognize.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burble
Noun
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Now the babble about them is back.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Mesopotamian corpses, stirred by the babble of trade, wander the halls wrapped in shrouds of extravagant malice.—
David Velasco,
Harpers Magazine,
18 Dec. 2023
Verb
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With every enemy dead, the familiar sounds of the Halo universe are gone — there’s no Grunts squeaking insults or Jackals chattering in another language.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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While some kids seem to chatter nonstop before age 2, others may take a little longer to find their words.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
20 Oct. 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
Verb
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Erinys doesn't prate about democracy or social betterment but simply guards oil pipelines.—
Bruce Sterling,
WIRED,
1 July 2004
Noun
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Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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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
Verb
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Perennially delighted and deeply uncool, Tascioni gabbles about the wonders of the city while her interlocutors roll their eyes at her lack of sophistication and taste.—
Lili Loofbourow,
Washington Post,
29 Feb. 2024
Noun
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The other side in a debate with common sense is nonsense.—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
22 Oct. 2025
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That kind of no-nonsense mentality cuts right through all the nonsense and puts the focus on the work.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Burble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burble. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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