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- [bur-buh l]
- /ˈbɜr bəl/
- /ˈbɜː.bl̩/
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- [bur-buh l]
- /ˈbɜr bəl/
Definitions of burble word
- verb burble If something burbles, it makes a low continuous bubbling sound. 3
- verb burble If you say that someone is burbling, you mean that they are talking in a confused way. 3
- verb burble to make or utter with a bubbling sound; gurgle 3
- verb burble to talk quickly and excitedly 3
- verb burble (of the airflow around a body) to become turbulent 3
- noun burble a bubbling or gurgling sound 3
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Origin of burble
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English; perhaps variant of bubble
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Parts of speech for Burble
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
burble popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 55% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
burble usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for burble
verb burble
- babble — If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- bubble — Bubbles are small balls of air or gas in a liquid.
- chatter — If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important.
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- gush — to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
Top questions with burble
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