gurgle

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(noun.)

ADJ

little | low

VERB + GURGLE

give, let out | hear

PREP

with a ~

The baby laughed with a gurgle as water splashed over her face.

~ of

The baby made a happy gurgle of delight when she saw her toy.

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verb

1

To flow with a bubbling sound.

The bath water gurgled down the drain.

Pure gurgling rills the lonely deſart trace, / And vvaſte their muſick on the ſavage race.

2

To make such a sound.

The baby gurgled with delight.

noun

1

A gurgling sound.

Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks.

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verb — drink from a flask with a gurgling sound

guggle

verb — flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

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The bath water gurgled down the drain.

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Pure gurgling rills the lonely deſart trace, / And vvaſte their muſick on the ſavage race.

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The baby gurgled with delight.

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Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from

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05

Aniq turned slowly at the sound of the needy, narcissistic gurgle that sounded from behind him.

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06

The baby just made a very funny gurgle.

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