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What (who) is gurgle - definition
BRITISH PREGNANCY AND PARENTING WEBSITE
gurgle
¦ verb make a hollow bubbling sound.
¦ noun a gurgling sound.
Origin
ME: imitative, or directly from Du. gorgelen, Ger. gurgeln, or med. L. gurgulare, all from L. gurgulio 'gullet'.
gurgle
(gurgles, gurgling, gurgled)
1.
If water is gurgling, it is making the sound that it makes when it flows quickly and unevenly through a narrow space.
...a narrow stone-edged channel along which water gurgles unseen.
VERB: V adv/prep
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Gurgle is also a noun.
We could hear the swish and gurgle of water against the hull.
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2.
If someone, especially a baby, is gurgling, they are making a sound in their throat similar to the gurgling of water.
Henry gurgles happily in his baby chair.
VERB: V
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Gurgle is also a noun.
There was a gurgle of laughter on the other end of the line.
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Gurgle
·noun The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling gurgles.".
II. Gurgle ·vi To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones.
Wikipedia
Gurgle
Gurgle.com is a British pregnancy and parenting website owned by high-street parenting store Mothercare. Founded by Tom Wright, Gurgle launched as a joint venture between Mothercare and Fleming Media, a family backed investment company, in October 2007. Mothercare bought Fleming Media out to become outright owner of Gurgle in September 2009. Since 2008 the site has been run by Pettrina Keogh, who joined the company from Telegraph Media Group. Gurgle is also the name of a character from Finding Nemo.
Examples of use of gurgle
1. A gurgle, one last rattle of chains, then silence.
2. Often, the presenters represent a perturbing antidote to the slick, velvet gurgle of Capital, Virgin, etc.
3. The only sound that comes from the taps is a gurgle and rush of air.
4. A sewage tanker made its evening rounds of the camp‘s septic tanks, filling the air with a gurgle and reek.
5. It‘s quiet here at 8 a.m., just the wind and the giggly gurgle of the rapid current.