Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
GUGGLE
guggle, gurgle
(verb) drink from a flask with a gurgling sound
guggle
(verb) make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle
ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
(verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; “babbling brooks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
guggle (third-person singular simple present guggles, present participle guggling, simple past and past participle guggled)
To make a sound as of liquid being poured from a small-necked container
(of a liquid) To pour from a container and make this sound
Noun
guggle (plural guggles)
The sound of liquid being poured.
Synonyms
• gurgle
Source: Wiktionary
Gug"gle, v. i.
Definition: See Gurgle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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