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Meaning of Burble | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈbɝ.bl̩

Definitions

  1. A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
  2. Trouble; disorder.
  3. A gush of rapid speech.
  4. The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.

Equivalents

العربية التّمتمة
Español borbollar borbotar
Suomi pulista
Italiano borbugliare
Nederlands murmelen
Polski bełkot
Português borbulha borbulhar

Examples

“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.”
“He could hear the music in the distance, and the burble and laughter from the library, and a high ringing in his own ears.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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