gurgle
/ˈɡəːɡ(ə)l
/verb [no object]
1Make a hollow bubbling sound like that made by water running out of a bottle: my stomach gurgled (as adjective gurgling) a faint gurgling noise...
- Gabrielle splashed happily, gurgling as the warm water trickled down her front.
- Katie heard the distinct sounds of water gurgling and wind whistling though caves in the rock.
- Several bottles of fine Chardonnay gurgled in Ted's pack.
Synonyms
babble, burble, tinkle, bubble, ripple, murmur, purl, lap, trickle, splash
literary plash
1.1 [with adverbial of direction] (Of a liquid) run or flow with a gurgling sound: the rain gurgled along the gutters...
- Yet below the mesquite bosk that edges the bed of Cienagua Creek, water gurgles up and flows intermittently from a mostly underground stream.
- Water gurgled down in streams from the tin roof.
- From the floor of the second pitch, the water gurgles down a tight rift, but our route is along a traverse following a washed-out shale band.
1.2(Of a baby) make a contented sound: the baby snuggled closer to Julie and gurgled...
- Come the end of January there will be a brand new bouncing baby gurgling away.
- He pushed the pram straight, his little baby boy inside, gurgling at the world.
- Her granddaughter, too young to walk, gurgles from the foot of the bed.
noun
A gurgling sound: Catherine gave a gurgle of laughter...
- I couldn't stop the gurgle of laughter erupting.
- He felt a small gurgle of laughter in the back of his throat, at let it come, slipping into a smirk and then morphing into a grin.
- The beat is the traditional 4/4 house beat, with plenty of skittering gurgles and found sounds mixed in.
Synonyms
babble, babbling, tinkle, bubbling, ripple, rippling, trickling, murmur, murmuring, purling, splashing
literary plashing
chuckle, chortle, burble, giggle;
crow
Origin
Late Middle English: imitative, or directly from Dutch gorgelen, German gurgeln, or medieval Latin gurgulare, all from Latin gurgulio 'gullet'.