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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  burble \burble\ v.
     to to make a burbling sound; -- used of water, especially
     brooks.
  
     Syn: ripple, babble, guggle, bubble, gurgle.
          [WordNet 1.5] burbling



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  burble
       v : flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;
           "babbling brooks" [syn: {ripple}, {babble}, {guggle}, {bubble},
            {gurgle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "burble":
     babble, be stupid, blather, blither, blubber, boil, boil over,
     bubble, bubble over, bubble up, chatter, clack, dither, dote,
     drivel, drool, effervesce, ferment, fizz, fizzle, gabble, guggle,
     gurgle, hiss, lap, maunder, plash, plop, prattle, purl, rattle,
     ripple, run on, seethe, simmer, slobber, slosh, sparkle, splash,
     swash, swish, trill, wash, work, yak, yammer
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  burble v. [from Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"] Like {flame}, but
     connotes that the source is truly clueless and ineffectual (mere flamers
     can be competent). A term of deep contempt. "There's some guy on the
     phone burbling about how he got a DISK FULL error and it's all our comm
     software's fault." This is mainstream slang in some parts of England.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  burble
       
          [Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"] Like {flame}, but connotes
          that the source is truly clueless and ineffectual (mere
          flamers can be competent).  A term of deep contempt.  "There's
          some guy on the phone burbling about how he got a DISK FULL
          error and it's all our comm software's fault."  This is
          mainstream slang in some parts of England.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
       

















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