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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