Bullers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Bubbles or seethes noisily as a liquid heats or churns, especially in the manner of boiling water in a pot
2. Makes a loud, gurgling sound while bubbling up or simmering over heat
3. Churns and boils with a rumbling, bubbling noise, as a pot or stream sometimes does under strong agitation

Etymology: "Bullers" is simply the plural of "buller," a word that appears to be built from "bull" plus the suffix "-er," meaning something that bulls or charges. Because it is a plural, it is the form of that noun. The noun "buller" itself comes from Scots, where "buller" (or "bullir") meant "to bellow, roar" or "to boil, seethe." Its exact origin is uncertain, but the Scots verb is most likely of North Germanic stock, tied to Old Norse and Scandinavian words for rumbling and roaring, such as Danish "buldre" and Swedish "bullra." Those words in turn trace back to a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to roar." A related set of forms, connected to boiling and bubbling, may also share an ancient Indo-European ancestor, but the link is uncertain.