burbleverb
uk/ˈbɜː.bəl/us/ˈbɝː.bəl/burble verb (MAKE SOUND)
[ I ] to make a low, continuous bubbling sound, like water moving over stones
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- chime
- chug
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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burble verb (TALK)
[ I or T ] to talk about something continuously and in a way that is not very clear:
She was burbling (on) about what she'd do if she won the lottery.
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- undertone
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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