burble

verb
🔊/ˈbɜːbl/
🔊/ˈbɜːrbl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they burble
🔊/ˈbɜːbl/
🔊/ˈbɜːrbl/
he / she / it burbles
🔊/ˈbɜːblz/
🔊/ˈbɜːrblz/
past simple burbled
🔊/ˈbɜːbld/
🔊/ˈbɜːrbld/
past participle burbled
🔊/ˈbɜːbld/
🔊/ˈbɜːrbld/
-ing form burbling
🔊/ˈbɜːblɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbɜːrblɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] burble (on) (about something) | + speech (disapproving) to speak in a confused or silly way that is difficult to hear or understand语无伦次地讲;说蠢话
    • What's he burbling about?他在嘟囔些啥?🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive] to make the gentle sound of a stream flowing over stones汩汩作响
  3. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘to bubble’): imitative. Current senses date from the late 19th cent.