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Burble

//ˈbɝ.bl̩// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    Trouble; disorder.
  3. 3
    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."

  4. 4
    The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.
Verb
  1. 1
    To bubble; to gurgle. intransitive

    "The stream burbled as it flowed past. Its slightly musty odor smelled of trout."

  2. 2
    To trouble or confuse. transitive
  3. 3
    flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise wordnet
  4. 4
    To babble; to speak in an excited rush.

    "She burbled on, as if I cared to listen."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English burblen (“to bubble”), imitative.

Etymology 2

From Middle English burblen (“to bubble”), imitative.

Etymology 3

Scottish; probably connected Old French barbouiller (“to confound”).

Etymology 4

Scottish; probably connected Old French barbouiller (“to confound”).

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