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burbling

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bur⋅ble

  [bur-buhl] verb, -bled, -bling, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to make a bubbling sound; bubble.
2. to speak in an excited manner; babble.
–noun
3. a bubbling or gentle flow.
4. an excited flow of speech.
5. Aeronautics. the breakdown of smooth airflow around a wing at a high angle of attack.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME; perh. var. of bubble

Related forms:
burbler, noun
burbly, adverb
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bur·ble   (bûr'bəl)   
n.  

  1. A gurgling or bubbling sound, as of running water.

  2. A rapid, excited flow of speech.

  3. A separation in the boundary layer of fluid about a moving streamlined body, such as the wing of an airplane, causing a breakdown in the smooth flow of fluid and resulting in turbulence.

intr.v.   bur·bled, bur·bling, bur·bles

  1. To bubble; gurgle.

  2. To speak quickly and excitedly; gush.


[Middle English burblen, to bubble.]
bur'bler n., bur'bly adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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