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Gurgle

noun

The bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck.

verb

(past & past part. gurgled;pres. part. gurgling)

Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. Synonyms: babble, bubble, burble, guggle, ripple.

Make sounds similar to gurgling water.

Drink from a flask with a gurgling sound. Synonym: guggle.

Utter with a gurgling sound.

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"Gurgle" Quotes from Famous Books

... a difference of choice existed between the two: Mrs. Condon's preference was for insertions, and Linda's for shadow embroidery and fine shell edges. Mrs. Condon, shaking into position a foam of ribbon and lace, would say with her gurgle of amusement, "I want to be ready when I fall down; if I followed your advice they'd take ...

— Linda Condon • Joseph Hergesheimer

... heavy plunge was heard in the gulf below! He listened—his perceptions grew more acute—eye and ear so painfully susceptible, and their sensibility so keen, that the mind scarcely distinguished its own reactions from realities—from outward impressions on the sense. He thought he heard the gurgle and the death-throe. Then the pale face of the maiden seemed to spring out from the abyss. He rushed down the precipice. Entangled in the copsewood and bushes, some time elapsed ere he gained the narrow path below. He soon found, as in most other situations, ...

— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby

... tasted samples of all new vintages,—though they frequently gave him unmentionable aches. Then, when he was satisfied that he had selected the soundest and richest, he returned to Wantley Manor, bringing home wooden casks that were as big as hay-stacks, and so full they could not gurgle when you tipped them. Upon arriving, he sent for Mrs. Mistletoe, the family governess and (for economy's sake) housekeeper, who knew how to write,—something the Baron's father and mother had never taught him when he was a little boy, because they didn't know how themselves, and ...

— The Dragon of Wantley - His Tale • Owen Wister

... course!" she murmured in a panic. "I just know it is. I've never known him to even gurgle—much less snore in his sleep. Like as not his windows are still boarded up and he's suffocating. Only a Westfall would think of ...

— Diane of the Green Van • Leona Dalrymple

... memorable morning, barely a month ago, when the young King came to Delgratz to claim his patrimony. Neither man was aware of the coincidence that led Michael to slam the door, place his back against it, and gurgle ...

— A Son of the Immortals • Louis Tracy

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