burble

noun

1. A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.

   “Marta's gander was a magnificent snow-white bird: the object of terror to foxes, children and dogs. She had reared him as a gosling; and whenever he approached, he would let fly a low contented burble and sidle his neck around her thighs.”

2. A gush of rapid speech.

   “He could hear the music in the distance, and the burble and laughter from the library, and a high ringing in his own ears.”

3. The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.
4. Trouble; disorder.

verb

1. (intransitive)To bubble; to gurgle.

   “The stream burbled as it flowed past. Its slightly musty odor smelled of trout.”

2. To babble; to speak in an excited rush.

   “She burbled on, as if I cared to listen.”

   “"No, Jo, it wasn't one bit crowded, there was room enought ^([sic]) for everyone," she burbled on. "And we were there, and all these other wymeen too, of all shapes, sizes, and colors..."”

   ““No way this one’s going to miss us this time,” burbles one bebooted doomsdayer to another.”

3. (transitive)To trouble or confuse.