burble

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., -bled, -bling, -bles.

1. To bubble; gurgle.
2. To speak quickly and excitedly; gush.

[Middle English burblen, to bubble.]

burbler bur'bler n.
burbly bur'bly adj.

verb

To flow or move with a low slapping sound: bubble, gurgle, lap, splash, swash, wash. See move/halt, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

[from Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky] Like flame, but connotes that the source is truly clueless and ineffectual (mere flamers can be competent). A term of deep contempt. “There's some guy on the phone burbling about how he got a DISK FULL error and it's all our comm software's fault.” This is mainstream slang in some parts of England.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise, as of water
  Synonyms: ripple, babble, guggle, bubble, gurgle

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - klukke, pludre
n. - klukken, pludren

Nederlands (Dutch)
kabbelen, borrelen, bazelen, werveling, gebazel, geroezemoes

Français (French)
v. intr. - glouglouter (un ruisseau), murmurer, marmonner
n. - gargouillis, galimatias

Deutsch (German)
v. - plätschern
n. - (Luftfahrt) Wirbel

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κελαρύζω, γουργουρίζω, φλυαρώ (ασυνάρτητα)

Italiano (Italian)
gorgogliare, ribollire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - borbulhar, balbuciar

Русский (Russian)
клокотать, бурлить

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - murmurar, balbucear
n. - murmullo, balbuceo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - klucka, gurgla, pladdra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发汩汩声, 嘟囔, 咿呀学语, 空谈, 漩涡

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 發汩汩聲, 嘟囔, 咿呀學語
n. - 空談, 漩渦

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 부글부글 소리를 내다, 중얼중얼 말하다
n. - 부글부글 소리내기, 중얼거림

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ブクブクいう, ぶくぶく音をたてる, まくしたてる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحدث صوتا لطيفا كصوت جدول ماء, يغمغم, يهمهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮פיטפט, גרגר‬
n. - ‮המיה, גרגור, פטפוט‬

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