gurgle
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
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(of liquids, esp of rivers, streams, etc) to make low bubbling noises when flowing
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to utter low throaty bubbling noises, esp as a sign of contentment
the baby gurgled with delight
noun
Other Word Forms
- gurgling adjective
- gurglingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of gurgle
First recorded in 1555–65; compare Dutch, Middle Low German gorgelen, German gurgeln “to gargle”; akin to Latin gurguliō “throat”
Example Sentences
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As the 14th-ranked Utes took a two-score lead into the fourth quarter Saturday at the Coliseum, that familiar heartbreak that struck a season ago in Salt Lake City seemed to gurgle up.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2023
She expected to hear icebergs calving off the glacier—perhaps even the low, garden-hose gurgle of a subglacial river gushing out from underneath the glacier.
From National Geographic • Sep. 7, 2023
But the last time I called, he could only gurgle on the phone, having suffered a stroke.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023
Glisters of moisture beaded all over the boy’s body: detectably nervous sweat, wells of proto-tears, the gurgle of mucus rising in the nose and throat.
From Slate • Aug. 27, 2022
We tracked her eating, her hours of sleep, her every gurgle.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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