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▪ I. guggle, n.|ˈgʌg(ə)l| [f. guggle v.1] 1. a. slang and dial. The windpipe. †b. The epiglottis. Obs.
1680Tom & Will 36 in Roxb. Ballads (1881) IV. 200 Men were to come..Out of Utope, to cut and slice Protestant Guggles all in a Trice. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 382/1 The Epiglottis, or after tongue; it is..called the Flap or Guggle. 1896Warwicksh. Gloss., Guggle, the windpipe, trachea. 2. A guggling sound (see guggle v.1).
1821Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 32 The guggles and groans The water made passing the pebbles. 1857Livingstone Trav. (1861) 120 We heard human-like voices..with splash and guggle, as if rare fun were going on. 1860Russell Diary India I. xiii. 211 The slow guggle of the natives' hubble-bubbles..breaks the lazy repose. ▪ II. guggle, v.1|ˈgʌg(ə)l| Also rarely goggle. [Echoic; cf. gurgle v.] 1. intr. To make a sound like that made by liquid pouring from a small-necked bottle. (Said chiefly of persons, with reference to speech or laughter.)
1611Cotgr., Glouglouter, to guggle, to sound like a narrow mouthed pot, or strait neckt bottle, when it is emptied. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. lxvi. 305 Something rose in my throat..which made me for a moment, guggle, as it were, for speech. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxviii, Dobbin..fell back in the crowd, crowing and sputtering until he reached a safe distance, when he exploded..with shrieks of yelling laughter..‘Hwhat's that gawky guggling about?’ said Mrs. O'Dowd. 1894Hall Cain Manxman 27 Guggling, chuckling, crowing, panting..she danced on the flags of the kitchen. 2. To flow forth with a guggling sound. Also fig.
1755Gentl. Mag. XXV. 326 Nor much lov'd Languedoc, that guggles forth From mouth of long-neck'd bottle. 1885A. Munro Siren Casket 241 ‘Browst’ as keen as e'er Had guggled from a cask. 1885Manch. Exam. 22 July 5/2 The moment a deputation addresses him on any topic out flies the cork and his sympathies goggle forth. 3. trans. To bring up or pour forth with a guggling sound. lit. and fig.
1731Mortimer in Phil. Trans. XXXVII. 172 We poured a little Milk into his Throat, which at first he could not swallow, but guggled it up again. 1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 163 On he labours..whooping and gasping..guggling forth an excellent speech all the time. ▪ III. guggle, v.2 Obs. exc. dial.|ˈgʌg(ə)l| [? Suggested by gull and juggle.] trans. To deceive, cheat.
1617S. Collins Def. Bp. Elie i. 107 Anicetus, a pretie name too, to guggle Baronius, yet resisted by Polycarpus. 1847Halliwell, Guggle,..(2) To gull, or cheat. North. ▪ IV. guggle, v.3 Orkney and Shetland. rare. Brit. |ˈgʌgl|, U.S. |ˈgəg(ə)l|, Sc. |ˈgʌg(ə)l|, |ˈgug(ə)l| Forms: 18– guggl, 18– guggle [Probably the reflex of a borrowing > v.] 1. trans. To soil, dirty, esp. with fish slime.
1866T. Edmonston Gloss. Dial. Shetland & Orkney Guggl,..to make dirty. 1979J. J. Graham Shetl. Dict. 32/1 He was jöst guggled fae head ta fit in oil. 2. intr. To work something soft with the hands. Sc. National Dict. (1956) IV. 311/1 records the sense as still in use in Shetland in 1955.
1866T. Edmonston Gloss. Dial. Shetland & Orkney Guggl, to work with the hands among any soft substance, to knead leaven in a slovenly way. 3. intr. To work in a bungling way. Sc. National Dict. (1956) IV. 311/1 records the sense as still in use in Shetland in 1955.
1914J. S. Angus Gloss. Shetland Dial. Guggl,..to do any kind of work in a bungling manner. |