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gurgle Definition

gur·gle (gʉrgəl)

intransitive verb -·gled, -·gling

  1. to flow with a bubbling or rippling sound, as water from a narrow-necked bottle does
  2. 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

v.

ripple, murmur, purl; see flow 1.

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.

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