gurgle

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: gur=gle

CIDE DICTIONARY

gurgle, v. i. [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."  [1913 Webster]

gurgle, n. 

 The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise.  W. Thompson.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gurgle, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. make a bubbling sound as of water from a bottle.
2 tr. utter with such a sound.
--n. a gurgling sound.

Derivative

gurgler n.

Etymology

imit., or f. Du. gorgelen, G gurgeln, or med.L gurgulare f. L gurgulio gullet

THESAURUS

gurgle

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

ROGET THESAURUS

gurgle

River

VB flow, run, meander, gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue, drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate, stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash, guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate, ooze, flow out, rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks, pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in, mizzle, flow into, fall into, open into, drain into, discharge itself, disembogue, pour, pour out, shower down, irrigate, drench, spill, splash, stanch, dam, up, obstruct.

Bubble

VB bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle, gurgle, effervesce, ferment, fizzle.

Faintness

VB whisper, breathe, murmur, purl, hum, gurgle, ripple, babble, flow, tinkle, mutter, susurrate, steal on the ear, melt in the air, float on the air.

Resonance

VB resound, reverberate, reecho, resonate, ring, jingle, gingle, chink, clink, tink, tinkle, chime, gurgle, plash, goggle, echo, ring in the ear.