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Meanings of burbling in English

Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm.

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Usage of burbling in English
1
There's even a burbling fountain surrounded by grey pebbles and Japanese plants.
Breathe
2
A flurry of hissing and burbling among the dun-brown creatures answered her.
Orb Sceptre Throne
3
And then it lurched away, letting out a burbling shriek of pain.
Small favor
4
The burbling resolved itself as the single eye fixed on her face.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
5
Two bottles fell from a shelf; a lamp swayed, the burbling grew fainter.
The Great Book of Amber
6
When you come over, you must fly BOAC, Mac was burbling.
The new yorker
7
My friends gather round and breakfast in burbling, leaf-waving, buzzing communion.
Reach for Infinity
8
A bookcase and a table supporting a burbling coffee pot flanked the desk.
Ancient shores
9
The playing, all burbling, characterful woodwinds and straight-toned yet silky strings, is impeccable.
The Guardian
10
They ran to the door, leaving Dresler burbling and shivering in his hallway.
The marks of cain
11
She stared at the magazine, nausea burbling up in her stomach.
Heartless
12
They waved their clawed hands and wagged their ratlike heads, burbling.
Divide and Rule
13
On one occasion, words fail him, yet he proceeds, desperately burbling, pantomiming the lesson.
The new yorker
14
Either way, they are offset perfectly by low, burbling synths.
The Guardian
15
Clay's version is all twisted-up burbling euphoria, although he may be taking the Mickey.
Radio NZ
16
Or so Arthur could deduce from the sounds he heard burbling up the staircase.
The sherlockian
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