GURGLE

gurgle

(noun) the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck

gurgle

(verb) utter with a gurgling sound; “‘Help,’ the stabbing victim gurgled”

guggle, gurgle

(verb) drink from a flask with a gurgling sound

gurgle

(verb) make sounds similar to gurgling water; “The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it”

ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle

(verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; “babbling brooks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

gurgle (third-person singular simple present gurgles, present participle gurgling, simple past and past participle gurgled)

To flow with a bubbling sound.

To make such a sound.

Noun

gurgle (plural gurgles)

A gurgling sound.

Anagrams

• glurge, lugger

Source: Wiktionary


Gur"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gurgled;p. pr. & vb. n. Gurgling.] Etym: [Cf. It. gorgogliare to gargle, bubble up, fr. L. gurgulio gullet. Cf. Gargle, Gorge.]

Definition: To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones. Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace, And waste their music on the savage race. Young.

Gur"gle, n.

Definition: The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling gurgles." W. Thompson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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