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Synonyms for burbling


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bur-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɜr bəl



Définition of burbling

Origin :
  • "make a bubbling sound," c.1300, imitative. Related: Burbled; burbling.
  • adj gurgling
Example sentences :
  • The motor sound was muted in the burbling exhaust of their bubbles.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Stingaree » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • Mr. Delehanty's voice had already sagged into a singsong monotony, and might have been burbling on a long time.
  • Extract from : « The Trial of Callista Blake » by Edgar Pangborn
  • The moans were now a gobbling, burbling, almost continuous cry as he reached his goal—a small cabin still intact.
  • Extract from : « The Defiant Agents » by Andre Alice Norton
  • If you will listen close by you will hear him buzzing and burbling like an overheated teakettle as he struggles.
  • Extract from : « Old Plymouth Trails » by Winthrop Packard
  • Lilly darted into the kitchen and stooped absorbed over the burbling coffee.
  • Extract from : « Just Around the Corner » by Fannie Hurst
  • The coughing had a burbling sound to it, as if the old pope's lungs were full of fluid.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
  • As for Brenton, it's a mere case of burbling genteel platitudes in a marvellous voice.
  • Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • There was no wind, but the stream's burbling whispering chuckle had gained twice its daytime strength.
  • Extract from : « Five Tales » by John Galsworthy

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