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gurgly

gurgly

1 6.5
Making a bubbling sound like water moving or a baby laughing softly
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡɜrɡli/
translation icon : burbujeante
  • She issued this really frightening gurgly drawn out groan and flicked her tongue around.

Examples

  • After drinking the carbonated soda, she let out a gurgly burp that made everyone laugh.

  • He wasn't crying now, just making sweet little gurgly sounds.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I love him so much; he is squishy, snuggy, adorable, and gurgly!

    Blog text (20)

  • The baby made a gurgly sound as he played with his toys in the bathtub.

  • The stream flowed over the rocks, producing a soothing gurgly sound that filled the forest.

Synonyms

burbly
vsgurgly
7.2

A soft bubbling sound like water flowing over rocks

is used for bubbling in any liquid not only for water over rocks

How Bubbling

gushing
4.1
gurgly
1 6.5
bubbling
2.2

Surface Forms

gurgly positive

Morphology

gurgly = gurgle (transparent) = gurgle + y

Formed from the verb 'gurgle' with the adjective-forming suffix '-y', meaning 'having or producing gurgling sounds'.

Etymology

Gurgly comes from the sound word gurgle and the ending -y, where gurgle copies the bubbling noise of moving liquid and -y means 'full of' or 'having'. So, gurgly means 'making a soft bubbling or gurgling sound', like a small stream, a coffee maker, or a baby's laugh.