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Gurgle

Gurgle Meaning & Definition
Gurgle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gurgle?

[n] the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck
[v] drink from a flask with a gurgling sound
[v] make sounds similar to gurgling water; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it"
[v] flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise, as of water; "babbling brooks"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gurgle: guggle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gurgle: babble | babbling | blubber | boil | boil over | bubble | bubble over | bubble up | bubbling | burble | burbling | condense | distill | dribble | drip | dripple | drop | effervesce | ferment | filter | fizz | fizzle | guggle | gurgling | hiss | lap | leach | lixiviate | murmur | murmuring | percolate | plash | plashing | plop | purl | ripple | seep | seethe | simmer | slosh | sparkle | splash | splashing | spurtle | swash | sweat | swish | trickle | trill | wash | weep | work

See Also | drink | go | imbibe | sound | sound

Gurgle In Webster's Dictionary

\Gur"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gurgled};p. pr. & vb. n. {Gurgling}.] [Cf. It. gorgogliare to gargle, bubble up, fr. L. gurgulio gullet. Cf. {Gargle}, {Gorge}.] 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. The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling gurgles." --W. Thompson.

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