Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bubbling.
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- adjective
burbling
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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I ended up napping for an hour and a half and when I woke up my tummy was burbly.
dulligirl Diary Entry dulligirl 2007
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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
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“Oh, really?” said a burbly voice from behind them.
A Few Minutes in Granddaddy's Old House on Black Bottom Bayou Steve Perry 2007
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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
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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
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