as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk
the burble of babies can be so endearing
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Recent Examples of burble
Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
The sporty coupe burbles, crackles and pops with each downshift, a felicitous experience for driver and passenger alike.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2023
Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
Elliott’s singsong flow rode atop the burbling beats and skittering synths fleshed out by a live band operating behind the stage’s video screen.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Our bandleader has a wayfaring meander that dances in percussive bursts while his fellow players burble, simmer and sparkle.
—Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
The sporty coupe burbles, crackles and pops with each downshift, a felicitous experience for driver and passenger alike.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2023
Verb
Blessed with Pearson’s burbling wit, Oswald swiftly demolishes one of Edward’s foundational lies—that appearance confers destiny—and turns the movie’s very premise on its head.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
Elliott’s singsong flow rode atop the burbling beats and skittering synths fleshed out by a live band operating behind the stage’s video screen.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burble
Verb
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Dozens of schoolmates chattered happily under the pines, kicking a soccer ball on sun-streaked grass, climbing a play structure and scarfing down pizza.—
Teresa Watanabe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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In addition, the award-winning and emerging writers were asked to include three of eight items in each story: a shovel, the name Sandi, an undertaker, a Minnesota Twins baseball cap, chattering teeth, whistling, smoke and a mousetrap.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
24 Nov. 2024
Noun
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.—
Joshua Cohen,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
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The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.—
Lili Loofbourow,
Washington Post,
20 Mar. 2024
Verb
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But when the disheveled, withdrawn ex-friend shows up in the locker room gibbering about an evil spirit, Sam is mortified, impulsively knocking to the ground the grungy-looking Mason jar that Tamira has been carrying around.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2023
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For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2018
Noun
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.—
Jennifer Rubin,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
5 June 2023
Noun
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The word had seemed like nonsense only a moment before.—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Having a terrible job where empty, pandering nonsense is handed down by corporate headquarters.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Barack Obama attended the funeral and sat next to Trump, where a clip of the two smiling and chatting away quickly became viral on social media.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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At the funeral, her husband and Trump were seated next to each other and chatted and laughed together despite the history of political animosity between them.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The rain kept pattering down, and the pygmies began to call each other in a long chirrup.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Jan. 2025
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Then comes an electric riff, some pattering drums, more singers.—
Alex Suskind,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Post Malone blabbing like a rockstar November 19, 2024: Get ready to rock, rave, and possibly even rodeo at this year’s Coachella.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
20 Nov. 2024
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Just fodder for fools to blab on about leadership and intangibles and other nonsense.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
14 Aug. 2024
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“Burble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burble. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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