guggle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of guggle
1605–15; imitative; see -le
Example Sentences
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And about all she could do was to guggle in her throat and say: "James!"
From The Man Next Door by Hough, Emerson
Suppose we must put up with that: sinks in our rooms, and pipes that rattle and bang and guggle all over the house whenever anyone washes his hands.
From The Inca of Perusalem by Shaw, Bernard
Presently, trumpeting his mouth with his hands, he emitted a long, wailing sound: "Ugh, wugh, guggle, guggle!"
From Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World by Fuhr, Ernest
I grabbed for it, made some racket and some of the metheglin came out, guggle, guggle, good, good, and down it went to the chamber floor, which was made of loose boards.
From The Bark Covered House by Nowlin, William
Yet Isinglass retained the most complete mastery of his ferocious-looking protégé, and beneath his skilful massage Hyldebrand would throw himself upon the ground and guggle in a porcine ecstacy.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 15, 1917 by Various
I at once took the child in my arms and guggled to it.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
It sank gradually bottom downwards, and the liquid guggled into it as it sank.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
Peter let the note fall on the floor, and stood with bent head by the side of Thomas's crib, while Thomas guggled his milk.
From The Lee Shore by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
"Ah-ugh!" guggled Molly, squirming on the ground, for she had struck the pit of her stomach on a round rock the size of a football and the wind was knocked out of her.
From The Heart of the Range by White, William Patterson
And, behind him, the Gau-Mukh guggled and choked like a man in his death-throe.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
For the most part a lather of Ritz-Brother grimacing and guggling, this Hollywood picture of hillbilly doings is typically untypical.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"Hwhat's that gawky guggling about?" said Mrs. O'Dowd.
From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Heerd him guggling," he said, "and thought as something were up.
From At a Winter's Fire by Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph
Her shot blew me clean out of the water, and I stood there guggling like a born idiot.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.
Unfortunately, at the moment the city maidens reached the kitchen door leading from the living-room, Jeb was guggling loudly.
From Polly of Pebbly Pit by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
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