Meaning of GURGLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'gurgul
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | guggle |
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| | See Also: | | drink, go, imbibe, sound, sound | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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