gurgle
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈɡɜrɡəl/
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gorgoteo
- Then a long, slow gurgle like the water running out of a bathtub.
And then she has a gurgling like sound coming from her mouth.
- And then she has a gurgling like sound coming from her mouth.
- He's bleeding out, You know, that gurgle sounds in somebody's time.
Examples
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Artoo gave a soft gurgle, a comment which required no translation.
Fiction book (1991) -
And then she has a gurgling like sound coming from her mouth.
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There is a soft sound like a gurgle, and then the rats come.
Fiction book (1998) -
I kept hearing the gurgle of the barrel as she filled many canteens with our drinking water.
Fiction book (1990) -
Just a funny little gurgle, like your tummy makes when you're hungry.
Fiction book (2002) -
Silence stretched through the tunnels, broken only by the ever-present gurgle of sewage.
Fiction book (2000) -
Lisa and Dave fell in love with her gurgles and wide-eyed grins the minute she arrived.
Blog text (4) -
Wren could hear the gurgle even from atop the rim, rippling along rocks and down gullies.
Fiction book (1992) -
We heard a soft gurgle from the bottle as the last drops of soda poured out.
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The gurgle of the stream was calming as we sat by the water's edge.
Synonyms
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4.9
A bubbling sound made when liquid moves in the mouth or throat
A soft bubbling sound made by a liquid or air bubble
A light bubbling or popping sound made by water
How Bubbling
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gurgle as a noun names that short bubbling noise of water in a bottle, pipe, or stream, and the word itself comes from copying that sound, like gargle. So a gurgle is the little 'bubbling' sound you can hear.