as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk
the burble of babies can be so endearing
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Recent Examples of burble
H.d. Angel,
Pitchfork,
16 June 2026
The pressure causes water to burble at the surface of land inside the levee, and may spout when met with enough water and force.
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Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
23 Dec. 2025
Unhoused communities don’t randomly burble up from the sidewalk.
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Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Every texture is an independent agent with its own membrane in the mix; percussion rubs and scrapes against your attention, while mutating synth patches burble in the periphery.
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H.d. Angel,
Pitchfork,
16 June 2026
The pressure causes water to burble at the surface of land inside the levee, and may spout when met with enough water and force.
—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
23 Dec. 2025
Unhoused communities don’t randomly burble up from the sidewalk.
—
Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burble
Noun
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The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.
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Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.
Verb
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The youthful musicians chattered away like creatures of the Transylvanian night.
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That’s nothing more than a nonsensical, demonizing political narrative spewed by left-wing politicians and their brethren in the progressive chattering class.
Noun
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The Korean Football Association was furious, responding to this juvenile, but ultimately harmless, prattle by boycotting the Korean press.
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Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.
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Erinys doesn't prate about democracy or social betterment but simply guards oil pipelines.
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Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.
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And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.
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Perennially delighted and deeply uncool, Tascioni gabbles about the wonders of the city while her interlocutors roll their eyes at her lack of sophistication and taste.
Noun
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Even Hauser can’t rescue this culturally insensitive, stereotype-perpetuating nonsense.
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Some beer companies even make canned versions of the drink, but forget that nonsense — there is nothing better than a fresh, handmade michelada.
Verb
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Serena’s name was on everyone’s lips, with fans chatting about the American’s chances and journalists jostling for position to get their hands on a reserved media seat.
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Craig joined us to chat about his new show, his love for America, and his experience with becoming an American citizen.
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“Burble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burble. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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