Burble
to make a bubbling sound; bubble.
to speak in an excited manner; babble.
a bubbling or gentle flow.
an excited flow of speech.
Aeronautics. the breakdown of smooth airflow around a wing at a high angle of attack.
Historical Examples
The Passionate Elopement Compton Mackenzie
Master of the Moondog Stanley Mullen
The Book of Susan Lee Wilson Dodd
The New Gulliver and Other Stories Barry Pain
verb
to make or utter with a bubbling sound; gurgle
(intransitive; often foll by away or on) to talk quickly and excitedly
(intransitive) (of the airflow around a body) to become turbulent
noun
a bubbling or gurgling sound
a flow of excited speech
turbulence in the airflow around a body
v.
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