GURGLED

Verb

gurgled

simple past tense and past participle of gurgle

Source: Wiktionary


GURGLE

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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