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gurgle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gurgle has 1 sense
- gurgle(n = noun.event) Array - the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck; Array is a kind of sound
Derived forms verb gurgle2, verb gurgle1
Verb gurgle has 4 senses
- gurgle(v = verb.perception) babble, bubble, burble, guggle, ripple - flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" is one way to go, sound
- gurgle(v = verb.perception) Array - make sounds similar to gurgling water; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it" is one way to go, sound
- gurgle(v = verb.consumption) guggle - drink from a flask with a gurgling sound; Array is one way to drink, imbibe
- gurgle(v = verb.communication) Array - utter with a gurgling sound; "`Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled" is one way to emit, let loose, let out, utter
Derived form noun gurgle1
Sample sentences:
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Derived form noun gurgle1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
gurgle, v. i. [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. [1913 Webster]
"Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace,
And waste their music on the savage race." [1913 Webster]
And waste their music on the savage race." [1913 Webster]
gurgle, n.
The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. W. Thompson. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gurgle, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. make a bubbling sound as of water from a bottle.
2 tr. utter with such a sound.
--n. a gurgling sound.
--v.
1 intr. make a bubbling sound as of water from a bottle.
2 tr. utter with such a sound.
--n. a gurgling sound.
Derivative
gurgler n.
Etymology
imit., or f. Du. gorgelen, G gurgeln, or med.L gurgulare f. L gurgulio gullet
THESAURUS
gurgle
babble, babbling, blubber, boil, boil over, bubble, bubble over, bubble up, bubbling, burble, burbling, condense, distill, dribble, drip, dripple, drop, effervesce, ferment, filter, fizz, fizzle, guggle, gurgling, hiss, lap, leach, lixiviate, murmur, murmuring, percolate, plash, plashing, plop, purl, ripple, seep, seethe, simmer, slosh, sparkle, splash, splashing, spurtle, swash, sweat, swish, trickle, trill, wash, weep, workROGET THESAURUS
gurgle
River
VB flow, run, meander, gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue, drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate, stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash, guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate, ooze, flow out, rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks, pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in, mizzle, flow into, fall into, open into, drain into, discharge itself, disembogue, pour, pour out, shower down, irrigate, drench, spill, splash, stanch, dam, up, obstruct.Bubble
VB bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle, gurgle, effervesce, ferment, fizzle.Faintness
VB whisper, breathe, murmur, purl, hum, gurgle, ripple, babble, flow, tinkle, mutter, susurrate, steal on the ear, melt in the air, float on the air.Resonance
VB resound, reverberate, reecho, resonate, ring, jingle, gingle, chink, clink, tink, tinkle, chime, gurgle, plash, goggle, echo, ring in the ear.
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