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gurgle

UK/ˈɡɜː.ɡl̩/ US/ˈɡɝ.ɡl̩/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (4)

noun

1.

the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck

verb

1.

flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

  • “babbling brooks”
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2.

make sounds similar to gurgling water

  • “The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it”
3.

drink from a flask with a gurgling sound

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4.

utter with a gurgling sound

  • “'Help,”

Origin

Back formation from Middle English gurguling (“a rumbling in the belly”). Akin to Middle Dutch gorgelen (“to gurgle”), Middle Low German gorgelen (“to gurgle”), German gurgeln (“to gargle”), and perhaps to Latin gurguliō (“throat”).

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