burbling
present participle ofburble
burble
verb
uk/ˈbɜː.bəl/us/ˈbɝː.bəl/burbleverb(MAKE SOUND)
[I]
to make alow,continuousbubblingsound, likewatermovingoverstones
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
burbleverb(TALK)
[IorT]
totalkabout somethingcontinuouslyand in a way that is not veryclear:
She was burbling(on) aboutwhat she'd do if shewonthelottery.
Ways of talking
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- stage whisper
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trash
- trill
- word salad
- yak
Examplesofburbling
burbling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The combination of these trills was used to blend the saxophone sound with theburblingsound of granular synthesis.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I would listen more attentively to the green movement and those who are sympathetic to environmental problems than to the burblings of a cynical old politician.
From the
Hansard archive
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Indeed, they startedburblingabout child allowances in the context of what most of us concerned with the motor industry would regard as a most significant development and opportunity.
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I spare you the whole-souled burblings in the park, the leaves, lilacs, tulips, and so on.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I started playing this real sort of basic kind of riff, and we just went form there and then startedburblingout lyrics.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It opens with an instrumental section, starting with gentlyburblingsynthesizers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Itsburblingbackground vocals are adapted from the former song.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is normal behavior, calledburbling.
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- find-it-in-heart-to-do
- find it in your heart to do something
- find it in your heart to do sth
- find-it-in-your-heart-to-do-sth
- find-out
- find out/see how the land lies
- find-out-see-how-the-land-lies
- find-own-level
- find sb out
- find-sb-out
- find-self
- find (something) out
- find (sth) out
- find-sth-out
- find (the) time
- find-the-time
- find-voice
- find-way
- find your feet
- find-your-feet
- find your own level
- find-your-own-level
- find yourself somewhere
- find your voice
- find-your-voice