'Gurgle' definitions:
Definition of 'gurgle'
From: WordNet
noun
The bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck
verb
Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle]
verb
Make sounds similar to gurgling water; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it"
verb
Drink from a flask with a gurgling sound [syn: guggle, gurgle]
verb
Utter with a gurgling sound; "`Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled"
Definition of 'Gurgle'
From: GCIDE
- Gurgle \Gur"gle\, n. The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling gurgles." --W. Thompson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gurgle'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace, And waste their music on the savage race. --Young. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gurgle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- babble,
- babbling,
- blubber,
- boil,
- boil over,
- bubble,
- bubble over,
- bubble up,
- bubbling,
- burble,
- burbling,
- condense,
- distill,
- dribble,
- drip,
- dripple,
- drop,
- effervesce,
- ferment,
- filter,
- fizz,
- fizzle,
- guggle,
- gurgling,
- hiss,
- lap,
- leach,
- lixiviate,
- murmur,
- murmuring,
- percolate,
- plash,
- plashing,
- plop,
- purl,
- ripple,
- seep,
- seethe,
- simmer,
- slosh,
- sparkle,
- splash,
- splashing,
- spurtle,
- swash,
- sweat,
- swish,
- trickle,
- trill,
- wash,
- weep,
- work