About The Word Gurgle
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Gurgle
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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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