to gurgle
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3.7
- verb
- /ˈɡɜrɡəl/
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- His joke finished, Mangan erupted with a paean of gurgling laughter that caused a ripple effect.
- gurgling sound
He said he heard you gurgling was the word he used.
- He said he heard you gurgling was the word he used.
- So my my blood was gurgling out of my mouth and foamed and horrible things were happening to me.
- It is a natural asphalt spring that has been gurgling away since the last Ice Age.
- It becomes almost like a volcano that's gurgling and and and and bubbling inside you, but it's had no expression.
Examples
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Jody stood on the porch and listened to the trout stream gurgling in the distance.
Fiction book (1995) -
As the water boiled, it started to gurgle in the pot.
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There were a few minutes while the water began to gurgle down through the dry pipe.
Fiction book (1993) -
So what's happening is when I flush it, it will come up very high and the shower over here will gurgle there.
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Out of his throat came a gurgling sound and then another.
Fiction book (1994) -
When you break apart, the water gurgles up and then refreezes very quickly.
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The flask tipped and pink Chablis commenced to gurgle out, though not a drop hit the floor.
Fiction book (1990) -
All the women laugh, and Delilah, through her bandages, makes a gurgling sound, and Little Sue's eyes light up.
Fiction book (1993) -
As we approached the tents, a gurgling moan rose above the chants.
Academic text (2000) -
The pipes hadn't entirely frozen, but only a gurgling trickle flowed out of the faucet.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
22
2.0
To move and make soft gurgling sounds in water
5
7.5
To make a soft low sound like water moving over stones
2
4.2
Make a soft bubbling sound as water moves over stones
1
6.7
To make a short, soft popping sound in a liquid
1
9.9
To make a soft bubbling sound when liquid moves or someone pours it
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8.1
To make a gurgling sound when liquid pours from a bottle
To flow quietly and make a soft, pleasant sound like a small stream
A light bubbling or popping sound made by water
How Bubbling
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gurgle comes from copying the small bubbling sound water makes in a bottle or in the throat, much like the familiar word gargle. So, to gurgle is to 'make a soft bubbling or throat sound'.