Gurgle Definition
gûrgəl
gurgled, gurgles, gurgling
verb
gurgled, gurgles, gurgling
To utter with a gurgling sound.
Webster's New World
To flow with a bubbling or rippling sound, as water from a narrow-necked bottle does.
Webster's New World
To make such a sound in the throat, as a contented baby does.
Webster's New World
To express or pronounce with a broken, irregular, bubbling sound.
American Heritage
noun
gurgles
The act or sound of gurgling.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Gurgle
Noun
Singular:
gurglePlural:
gurglesOrigin of Gurgle
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Back formation from Middle English gurguling "a rumbling in the belly". Akin to Middle Dutch and Middle Low German gorgelen "to gurgle", German gurgeln "to gargle", and perhaps to Latin gurgulio "throat"
From Wiktionary
From Middle English gurguling a gurgling sound in the abdomen from Medieval Latin gurgulāre to gurgle from Latin gurguliō gullet
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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