GURGLE


Meaning of GURGLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ gɜ:(r)g(ə)l ]

( 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

Gurgle is also a noun.

We could hear the swish and gurgle of water against the hull.

N-COUNT

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

Gurgle is also a noun.

There was a gurgle of laughter on the other end of the line.

N-COUNT

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