gurgle
gurgle
Definition
gur·gle (gʉr′gəl)
intransitive verb -·gled, -·gling
- to flow with a bubbling or rippling sound, as water from a narrow-necked bottle does
- to make such a sound in the throat, as a contented baby does
Etymology: prob. echoic orig., as in Ger gurgeln, or ? akin to It gorgogliare < L gurgulio, gullet
transitive verb
to utter with a gurgling sound
noun
the act or sound of gurgling
gurgle
Synonyms
gurgle
Usage Examples
Object
- noise: I think Chris nearly swallowed his tongue, judging by the gurgling noises coming from the back.
- stream: You will ride past pioneer homesteads through rocky canyons and along gurgling mountain streams full of trout.
- sound: At the same time, a gurgling sound may be heard.
- baby: And her offspring are both genius babies and gurgling babies at the same time.
- water: Let me see, it must have been 1903 I think... Seagoon: ( gurgling water ) Help me!
- brook: Here he noticed a strange slab which was holding up a wall that crossed over the gurgling brook.
Converse of object
- babble: She babbles, gurgles, giggles, sucks on her bottle or dummy and cries when waking up.
Modifying Another Word
- happily: A bright morning's birding concluded with another " gaggle " of Dark-winged Trumpeter scurrying by gurgling happily.
- away: Then my head was out into clean washed passage with the stream gurgling away to the right.
- down: Sure enough the water just kind of gurgled straight down the funnel!
- still: British scientists are, to the detriment of the U.K. economy, still gurgling away down that brain drain.
- then: We heard a distant sound of splashing, then gurgling.
- loudly: You may even hear her tummy gurgling loudly after eating.
Noun used with modifier
- baby: When your baby gurgles and coos, this is her first elementary conversation with you.
Preposition: of
- water: Taste and smell through smoking and hearing by the gurgle of water.
- stream: Somewhere nearby the gurgle of a stream competed with the noises of waking insects.
Preposition: with
- delight: The baby nestles in the hay And squirms and gurgles with delight.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- up: Create a whole different mood with a Flower Bed fountain, which gives the illusion of water gently gurgling up from underground.
