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gurgling

  • present participle
    of gurgle.
    gurgle
    verb (used without object)
    to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current.
  • a word derived from gurgle.
    gurgle
    verb (used without object)
    to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current.

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Thankfully, there are often other cues as to the whereabouts of your fleshy foes, such as flickering lights and their awful, gurgling cries.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

There were gurgling, cooing, month-and-a-half old newborns in Brooklyn and Westchester who had never known the soul-emptying pain of a crushing Knicks defeat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

On many tracks, he crafts a thickened variation on Bob Dylan’s wild mercury sound, with gurgling organ, touches of strings and horns, and evocative swells of pedal-steel guitar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

He can make a Bach sarabande work anywhere, including on a river rafting trip with a background of gurgling water on his latest Bach recording.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025

This time, they were ringed around the Mr. Lemoncello fountain, which wasn’t gurgling water like it was supposed to.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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