verb

buller

BUU-luh

verb

To boil, bubble, or seethe noisily (dialectal, chiefly Scots).

"The stream bullered over the rocks below the bridge."

How to Use Buller

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA regional (mainly Scots) word for water bubbling and roaring, as over rocks.

When to use it

Dialectal and rare in everyday standard English.

bullered past tense, bullered past tense, bullers plural, bullers plural, Bullers plural, Bullers plural, bullers singular, bullers singular

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The stream _____ over the rocks below the bridge.

From Scots buller, "to boil, seethe," probably related to Old Norse bulla and Latin bulliō, both meaning "to boil."

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