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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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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

Soon Conor’s two preoccupations will unite in an offbeat way when a bug gets crushed in his slow-acting printer while it’s gurgling out a portrait.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

"There was a bubbly gurgling sound from Victoria," she told the court.

From BBC May 2, 2025

The inability to belch can cause bloating, pain, gurgling in the neck and chest, and excessive flatulence as built-up air seeks an alternate exit route.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2024

A coarse gurgling breath pushed from the boy’s mouth.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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