Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Burbly   Listen
adjective
burbly, burbling  adj.  
1.
Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; as, a novel told in burbly panting tones.
Synonyms: effusive, gushing.
2.
Bubbling; of sounds, especially of water.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar





"Burbly" Quotes from Famous Books



... realize the meaning of the crumpled bulkheads. There was a spur of bare rock under his hands as he edged over and around twisted metal. The moans were now a gobbling, burbling, almost continuous cry as he reached his goal—a small cabin ...
— The Defiant Agents • Andre Alice Norton

... embraced, Brachet, little hound, Braide, quick movement, Brast, burst, break, Breaths, breathing holes, Brief, shorten, Brim, fierce, furious, Brised, broke, Broached, pierced, Broaches, spits, Bur, hand-guard of a spear, Burble, bubble, Burbling, bubbling, Burgenetts, buds, blossoms, Bushment, ambush, By and by, ...
— Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II) - King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table • Thomas Malory

... well," the doctor said, in a burbling sort of voice. "Somehow, we thought it might be ...
— Supermind • Gordon Randall Garrett

... alone. He's been taken worse with a poem," said McTurk. "He'll go burbling down to the Pebbleridge and spit it all up in the study when he ...
— Stalky & Co. • Rudyard Kipling

... observed, "This may not be an isolated phenomenon. Who knows? A search may disclose screaming squid, or simpering sharks, or burbling barracuda." ...
— The Wailing Octopus • Harold Leland Goodwin



Copyright © 2025 Dictionary One.com