From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gurgle \Gur"gle\, n.
The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling
gurgles." --W. Thompson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gurgle \Gur"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gurgled};p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gurgling}.] [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. --Young.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gurgle
n 1: the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a
narrow neck
v 1: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;
"babbling brooks" [syn: {ripple}, {babble}, {guggle},
{burble}, {bubble}, {gurgle}]
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 [syn: {guggle},
{gurgle}]
4: utter with a gurgling sound; "`Help,' the stabbing victim
gurgled"
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