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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

... waiting there in the sealed-up chamber, and the boys found themselves dropping into long intervals of silence while they listened for the gurgle of the water which would indicate that the great pumps had ...

— The Call of the Beaver Patrol - or, A Break in the Glacier • V. T. Sherman

... and almost at death's door, my mother went to the Breens and begged a little meat, just a few mouthfuls—I remember well that little piece of meat! My mother gave half of it to my dying brother; he ate it, fell asleep with a hollow death gurgle. When it ceased I went to him—he was dead—starved to death in our presence. Although starving herself, my mother said that if she had known that Landrum was going to die she would have given him the balance ...

— The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate • Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

... cold steel automatic. A moment he balanced it in his hand. Then with a rapid and decisive motion of the arm he flung it far from him. As it struck the water with a sound horribly suggestive of the death gurgle of a lost man, ...

— Constance Dunlap • Arthur B. Reeve

... drops of the cooling stuff trickled into the Indian's throat, stirring the spark of life that was beginning to glow again in him. A tremor convulsed his chest as the lungs sucked spasmodically at the tiny stream of air entering the swollen throat. A gurgle, a deep sigh, and Willy's unconscious body was taking in the ...

— The Plunderer • Henry Oyen

... for the fresh air blowing against my face, but unable to perceive the scene below shrouded in darkness. Far away, down the valley, was the red glow of a fire, its flame reflecting over the surface of the river. I knew I stared down into a great void, but could hear no sound except a faint gurgle of water directly beneath. I closed the window shutter, and, urged by some impulse, crossed over to the door leading to the other apartment. It was a sleeping room, scarcely more than a large closet, with garments hanging on ...

— Beyond the Frontier • Randall Parrish

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