- ripple: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
- (burbling) uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones"
- A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek; A gush of rapid speech; The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body; To bubble; to gurgle; To babble; To speak in an excited rush
- The area of turbulence behind an object going through the air, whether a person in freefall or a canopy in flight.
- Similar to a flame, except that the burbler is considered to be dumb, incompetent, or ignorant.
- n, the wake of low pressure above a skydiver in freefall. Can wreak havoc on other jumpers who accidentally pass through it.