Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Bubbling.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective burbling

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word burbly.

Examples

  • Sadhana pursed her lips and glared at Suraiya, who had just told her, in a burbly excited voice quite different from her usual sober and properly restrained young-married-woman tones, that Eric Redding had come right out that morning, after a week's worth of “impossibly adult flirtation” and asked her out!

    For the Sake of the Boy Ramola D 2011

  • But it's a neat little way to sum up what Erin's been talking about. tBCW is an E extrovert--that's the hostess, welcome wagon, burbly, I'm-*so*-happy-to-meet-EVERYONE part of it.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Sara 2008

  • But it's a neat little way to sum up what Erin's been talking about. tBCW is an E extrovert--that's the hostess, welcome wagon, burbly, I'm-*so*-happy-to-meet-EVERYONE part of it.

    tBCW, part the next Sara 2008

  • Crazy minimalist melodies, twisted electronics and burbly basslines, featuring guest vocals by Kate Wax, Paris the Black Fu (from the Detroit Grand Pubahs and Lotterboys), Stéphanie Perrinjaquet and Kalabrese.

    Music (For Robots): July 2006 Archives 2006

  • Crazy minimalist melodies, twisted electronics and burbly basslines, featuring guest vocals by Kate Wax, Paris the Black Fu (from the Detroit Grand Pubahs and Lotterboys), Stéphanie Perrinjaquet and Kalabrese.

    Always always (Music (For Robots)) 2006

  • I ended up napping for an hour and a half and when I woke up my tummy was burbly.

    dulligirl Diary Entry dulligirl 2007

  • The model is essentially a remake of GM's Pontiac Solstice, but it eclipses that car with big-city style, accurate steering, a burbly exhaust note and decent road handling.

    Whole New World 2007

  • “Oh, really?” said a burbly voice from behind them.

    A Few Minutes in Granddaddy's Old House on Black Bottom Bayou Steve Perry 2007

  • I wasn't, actually, aware that the old one had ended--I suspect that they never really do end, just change their names--but our reunion chair was all burbly with excitement about the opportunities that this offered those of us desperate to give our money away:

    Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2006

  • I wasn't, actually, aware that the old one had ended--I suspect that they never really do end, just change their names--but our reunion chair was all burbly with excitement about the opportunities that this offered those of us desperate to give our money away:

    Archive 2006-12-01 Flavia 2006

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.