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burbled

verb

past tense of burble
as in gibbered

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burbled
  1. chattered
  2. chatted
  3. waffled
  4. pattered
  5. blabbed
  6. drooled
  7. bumbled
Verb
  • As the courtroom cleared, a jumble of spectators and journalists chattered about the whiplash.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Around the family, people shared takeout dinners, swung on hammocks and chattered.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
Definition of chattered
Verb
  • During pre-show cocktails in the Grand Tier Bar, Sigourney Weaver chatted with Frances McDormand as Katie Holmes arrived with her artist beau, Jason Bard Yarmosky.
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Many people in line in Marina del Rey chatted about their favorite Sanrio characters and exchanged childhood memories.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • Germany, which represents the EU’s biggest economy and export market, has waffled over hitting China with sanctions or duties, worried about retaliatory measures.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
  • But as Topuria protested and the doctor waffled, Goddard and the UFC ruled the bout would continue.
    — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 15 June 2026
Definition of waffled
Verb
  • Big shot guests popped up in the studio audience, including the actors Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Ryan Reynolds, who did a few bits and pattered about the host going off air; Colbert moved through the usual jokes about the day’s news.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
  • As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of pattered
Verb
  • Guests have blabbed that things were definitely awkward during one of the newlyweds’ first dances to an undisclosed song by the celebrity performer, Marc Anthony.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • But Cirie ended up telling her husband, and her husband blabbed to Trish.
    — EW.com, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Definition of blabbed
Verb
  • Who had broken a wrist on the back-yard flagstones, drooled cherry medicine down her sleeping face on the car ride back from the hospital.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2026
Definition of drooled
Verb
  • The Tigers grew into a national power as Ole Miss bumbled through various coaches and an NCAA quagmire brought on by Hugh Freeze.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • She was cast as Athena, the class ‘troublemaker’ was Odysseus, and the school’s headmaster bumbled around, one-eyed, as the Cyclops.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Definition of bumbled
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“Burbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burbled. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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