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bur·ble (bʉr′bəl)

intransitive verb burbled -·bled, burbling -·bling

  1. to make a gurgling or bubbling sound
  2. to babble as a child does

Etymology: ME burbelen, to bubble; of echoic orig.

noun

Aeron. the separation and breakup of the streamline flow of air, esp. over the surface of a wing at too great an angle of attack, resulting in a loss of lift and an increase of drag

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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