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gur⋅gle

  [gur-guhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
Use gurgling in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
2. to make a sound as of water doing this (often used of birds or of human beings).
–verb (used with object)
3. to utter or express with a gurgling sound: The baby gurgled its delight.
–noun
4. the act or noise of gurgling.
Origin:
1555–65; cf. D, MLG gorgelen, G gurgeln to gargle; akin to L gurguliō throat

Related forms:
gur⋅gling⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1, 2. bubble, burble, babble.
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gur·gle   (gûr'gəl)   
v.   gur·gled, gur·gling, gur·gles

v.   intr.

  1. To flow in a broken irregular current with a bubbling sound: water gurgling from a bottle.

  2. To make a sound similar to this: The baby gurgled with pleasure.

v.   tr.
To express or pronounce with a broken, irregular, bubbling sound.

[From Middle English gurguling, a gurgling sound in the abdomen, from Medieval Latin *gurgulāre, to gurgle, from Latin gurguliō, gullet.]
gur'gle n., gur'gling·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

gurgle 
c.1400, gurgitation, a medical term for "gurgling heard in the abdomen," from M.L. gurgulationem (nom. gurgulatio), of imitative origin. Extended (non-anatomical) use, in reference to water over stones, etc., is first recorded 1713.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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