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Gurgle   /gˈərgəl/   Listen
Gurgle

noun
1.
The bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck.
verb
(past & past part. gurgled;pres. part. gurgling)
1.
Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise.  Synonyms: babble, bubble, burble, guggle, ripple.
2.
Make sounds similar to gurgling water.
3.
Drink from a flask with a gurgling sound.  Synonym: guggle.
4.
Utter with a gurgling sound.





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"Gurgle" Quotes from Famous Books



... brutal burglar burgle; Whilst sentiment will calmly gurgle Bland platitudes, but not attack That ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 • Various
... in its course, and narrows into gloomy rock-bound cells or widens into pleasant amphitheatres. A small stream runs quickly through the narrow rocky bed, pushing out around great boulders and leaping over the small ones, forming innumerable cascades that foam and gurgle and sing low quiet songs. At the head of the canyon the water falls three hundred feet, vainly trying to find a resting-place in its seven leaps to the bottom. Stairs have been built to the top of these falls, where are grand views of ...
— The Truth About America • Edward Money
... so sudden, so unexpected, so startling, that Bradley almost held his breath for an instant. There was a choking gurgle, a blow, and a noise of falling bodies. Then Ned and the guard rolled into the little dip ...
— The Boy Scout Camera Club - The Confession of a Photograph • G. Harvey Ralphson
... old swimmin'-hole! whare the crick so still and deep Looked like a baby-river that was laying half asleep, And the gurgle of the worter round the drift jest below Sounded like the laugh of something we onc't ust to know Before we could remember anything but the eyes Of the angels lookin' out as we left Paradise; But the merry days of youth is ...
— Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley • James Whitcomb Riley
... bosses were talking excitedly of the fight. Tim rushed up to gurgle: "Great, Bill, old man! You done just what I'd 'a' done if he'd cussed me. I told ...
— Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man • Sinclair Lewis


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