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gurgle

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace, And waste
         their music on the savage race.          --Young.

Gurgle \Gur"gle\, n.
   The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling
   gurgles." --W. Thompson.

Source : WordNet®

gurgle
     n : 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}]
     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}]
     4: utter with a gurgling sound; "'Help,' the stabbing victim
        gurgeld"
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