- burble
- burble urble v.
to to make a burbling sound; -- used of water, especially
brooks.
Syn: ripple, babble, guggle, bubble, gurgle. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
burble
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burble — (v.) make a bubbling sound, c.1300, onomatopoeic. Related: Burbled; burbling … Etymology dictionary
burble — ► VERB 1) make a continuous murmuring noise. 2) speak unintelligibly and at length. ► NOUN 1) continuous murmuring noise. 2) rambling speech. ORIGIN imitative … English terms dictionary
burble — [bʉr′bəl] vi. burbled, burbling [ME burbelen, to bubble; of echoic orig.] 1. to make a gurgling or bubbling sound 2. to babble as a child does n. Aeron. the separation and breakup of the streamline flow of air, esp. over the surface of a wing at… … English World dictionary
burble — I UK [ˈbɜː(r)b(ə)l] / US [ˈbɜrb(ə)l] verb Word forms burble : present tense I/you/we/they burble he/she/it burbles present participle burbling past tense burbled past participle burbled 1) burble or burble on [intransitive/transitive] to talk… … English dictionary
burble — bur|ble1 [ bɜrbl ] verb 1. ) intransitive to make a sound like water flowing 2. ) burble or burble on intransitive or transitive to talk fast about something for a long time, especially in a way that annoys people because they cannot understand… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
burble — bur|ble [ˈbə:bəl US ˈbə:r ] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From the sound] 1.) [I and T] to talk about something in a confused way that is difficult to understand burble on/away ▪ I had to listen for an hour while she burbled away. 2.) to make a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
burble — i. A turbulent eddy in fluid flow caused by roughness near the boundary surface or loss of energy in the laminar flowing fluid. ii. A separation or breakdown of the laminar flow past a body; the eddying or turbulent flow resulting from this.… … Aviation dictionary
burble — verb 1 (I, T) to talk about something in a confused way that is difficult to understand: Maggie kept burbling away about how difficult things were. 2 (I) to make a sound like a stream flowing over stones burble noun (C) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
burble point — noun : the angle of attack of an airfoil at which the first signs of burble appear * * * burble point or burbling point noun (aerodynamics) The angle of attack at which the sharp drop in the ratio of lift to drag (an effect of burbling too near… … Useful english dictionary
burble point — i. A point reached in an increasing angle of attack at which burble begins. Also called a burble angle. See also burble. ii. The Mach number at which a subsonic wing first suffers a sudden separation of airflow resulting from a shock wave… … Aviation dictionary
