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burbling
[bur-buhl] 
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burble
[bur-buhl]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boil |
| Synonyms: | babble, bubble, chatter, confuse, gush, jabber, yak |
| Main Entry: | babble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk trivially, often incessantly |
| Synonyms: | blab, blubber, blurt, burble, cackle, chat, chatter, gibber, go on, gossip, gush, jabber, mumble, murmur, mutter, patter, prate, prattle, rant, rave, run off at the mouth, run on, spill the beans, squeal, talk foolishly, talk incoherently, talk nonsensically, tattle, trivialize, yak, yakkety yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foam, froth up, especially with sound |
| Synonyms: | boil, burble, churn, eddy, effervesce, erupt, fester, fizz, gurgle, gush, issue, moil, murmur, percolate, ripple, seep, seethe, simmer, smolder, sparkle, spume, stir, swash, trickle, well |
| Main Entry: | cackle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | laugh irritatingly |
| Synonyms: | babble, blather, burble, chortle, chuckle, cluck, crow, gibber, giggle, gobble, jabber, quack, snicker, snigger, titter |
| Main Entry: | chat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk, gossip |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab, burble, cackle, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, converse, gab, go on, jaw, prate, prattle*, run on, shoot the breeze, yap |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become bubbly |
| Synonyms: | aerate, boil, burble, effervesce, ferment, fizz, froth, gurgle, hiss, lather, seethe, simmer, sparkle |
| Antonyms: | become flat |
| Main Entry: | foamy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bubbly |
| Synonyms: | barmy, boiling, burbling, carbonated, creamy, ebullient, effervescent, fermented, fizzy, frothy, lathery, scummy, seething, simmering, spumescent, spumous, spumy, sudsy, yeasty |
| Antonyms: | flat |
| Main Entry: | lap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slosh, wash against |
| Synonyms: | bathe, bubble, burble, drink, gurgle, lave, lick, lip, plash, purl, ripple, sip, slap, splash, sup, swish |
| Main Entry: | murmur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make low, continuous sound |
| Synonyms: | babble, burble, buzz, drip, drone, flow, growl, gurgle, hum, meander, moan, mumble, mutter, purl, purr, ripple, rumble, stage-whisper, stammer, stutter, susurrate, tinkle, trickle, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper |
| Antonyms: | speak clearly |
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