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bur·ble
(bûr′bəl)n.
1. A gurgling or bubbling sound, as of running water.
2. A rapid, excited flow of speech.
3. A separation in the boundary layer of fluid about a moving streamlined body, such as the wing of an airplane, causing a breakdown in the smooth flow of fluid and resulting in turbulence.
intr.v. bur·bled, bur·bling, bur·bles
1. To bubble; gurgle.
2. To speak quickly and excitedly; gush.
[Middle English burblen, to bubble.]
bur′bler n.
bur′bly adj.
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burble
(ˈbɜːbəl)vb
1. to make or utter with a bubbling sound; gurgle
2. (intr; often foll by away or on) to talk quickly and excitedly
3. (Aeronautics) (intr) (of the airflow around a body) to become turbulent
n
4. a bubbling or gurgling sound
5. a flow of excited speech
6. (Aeronautics) turbulence in the airflow around a body
[C14: probably of imitative origin; compare Spanish borbollar to bubble, gush, Italian borbugliare]
ˈburbler n
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bur•ble
(ˈbɜr bəl)v. -bled, -bling,
n. v.i.
1. to make a bubbling sound; bubble; gurgle.
2. to speak in an excited manner; babble.
n. 3. a bubbling or gentle flow.
4. an excited flow of speech.
[1275–1325; Middle English; perhaps variant of bubble]
bur′bler, n.
bur′bly, adv.
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burble
Past participle: burbled
Gerund: burbling
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| Verb | 1. |  burble - flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"gurgle - make sounds similar to gurgling water; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it" |
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Translations
burble
[ˈbɜːbl] VI1. [baby] → hacer gorgoritos; [stream] → burbujear
2. (pej) [person] (= talk) → farfullar
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burble
[ˈbɜːrbəl] vi
[water, river] → murmurer
(= talk) [person] → marmonner
to burble about sth → jacasser au sujet de qch
to burble on about sth → radoter sur (le thème de) qch
to burble about sth → jacasser au sujet de qch
to burble on about sth → radoter sur (le thème de) qch
vt (= say) → marmonner
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burble
vi
(stream) → plätschern, gurgeln
(fig, person) → plappern; (baby) → gurgeln; what’s he burbling (on) about? (inf) → worüber quasselt er eigentlich? (inf)
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