burble
Collocations
4ADJ.
low
VERB + BURBLE
contented
BURBLE + NOUN
laughter
PREP.
from
Definitions
noun
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.
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.
The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.
verb
To bubble; to gurgle.
The stream burbled as it flowed past. Its slightly musty odor smelled of trout.
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..."
noun
Trouble; disorder.
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5Marta'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
WiktionaryHe could hear the music in the distance, and the burble and laughter from the library, and a high ringing in his own ears.
WiktionaryThe stream burbled as it flowed past. Its slightly musty odor smelled of trout.
WiktionaryShe burbled on, as if I cared to listen.
Wiktionary"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..."
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