burble
/ˈbɜː.bl̩/US/ˈbɝ.bl̩/
burble noun: a bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
Noun (1)
burble (plural burbles)
- A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
- Marta's gander was a magnificent snow-white bird: the object of terror to foxes, children and dogs. She had reared him as a gosling; and whenever he approached, he would let fly a low contented burble and sidle his neck around her thighs.1988, Bruce Chatwin, Utz, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN; republished London: Vintage Books, 2005, →ISBN, page 50
- A gush of rapid speech.
- He could hear the music in the distance, and the burble and laughter from the library, and a high ringing in his own ears.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
- The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.
Verb (1)
burble (third-person singular simple present burbles, present participle burbling, simple past and past participle burbled)
- To bubble; to gurgle.
- The stream burbled as it flowed past. Its slightly musty odor smelled of trout.1997 June, Field & Stream, volume 102, number 2, page 138
- To babble; to speak in an excited rush.
- She burbled on, as if I cared to listen.
- "No, Jo, it wasn't one bit crowded, there was room enought ^([sic]) for everyone," she burbled on. "And we were there, and all these other wymeen too, of all shapes, sizes, and colors..."1980 August 16, Andrea Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 19
Noun (2)
burble
- Trouble; disorder.
Verb (2)
burble (third-person singular simple present burbles, present participle burbling, simple past and past participle burbled)
- To trouble or confuse.
burble meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
burble in Tamil
- சலவொலி, குழப்பம், சிக்கல்
burble in Urdu
- غر غرانا, کڑ کڑانا
burble in Malayalam
- gurgle, bubble, murmur
- മർമ്മരശബ്ദം ഉണ്ടാക്കുക, ഗുളുഗുളു ശബ്ദത്തോടെ ഒഴുകുക, പതയുക, മന്ത്രിക്കുക, മുരളുക, മുഴലുക
- blather, prattle, blether
- പിറുപിറുത്തുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുക, ചറുചറെ പറയുക, തുരുതുരാ പറയുക, നിർത്താതെ പറയുക, വായിട്ടലയ്ക്കുക, തുമ്പില്ലാതെ പറയുക
Examples of burble in a sentence
- More winter means more opportunities for burbling pots of comfort, like my classic beef Bourguignon.
- 'I created the Event Horizon to reach the stars!' burbles Sam Neill's astro-boffin.
- His choices included the small, burbling Alto fountain at Arcadia in Chelsea and the EcoSmart Fire Aspect, a flueless fireplace, at ddcnyc.com .
Forms of burble
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | burbles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | burbles |
| present participle | burbling |
| past participle | burbled |
| past | burbled |
Origin of burble
From Middle English burblen (“to bubble”), imitative.
Scottish; probably connected Old French barbouiller (“to confound”).
Words formed from burble
Words that rhyme with burble
Questions about burble
- What does burble mean?
- Burble means a bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
- What is burble in Tamil?
- Burble in Tamil is சலவொலி, குழப்பம், சிக்கல். See Burble meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is burble?
- Burble can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce burble?
- Burble is pronounced /ˈbɝ.bl̩/ (US).
- What is the plural of burble?
- The plural of burble is burbles.
Words near burble in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: burble (page history and authors); burble (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); burble (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); burble (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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