I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gurgling/whistling/cracking etc noise (= a noise with a particular kind of sound )
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The water moved through the pipes with a loud gurgling noise.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The pipes in the attic gurgle in the night and keep me awake.
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The washing machine gurgled as it changed cycles.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He looked at the beer, gurgling away.
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Painted in sunburst yellow, it has a huge engine gurgling inside.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Somewhere nearby there was the gentle gurgle of a stream.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He did, on a frothy gurgle of blood.
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I tried to wait, expecting him to respond with a gurgle or a chortle.
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Mavis heard the river; she heard the mill stacks hissing in the night, the gurgle of the aeration ponds.
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The squawking continued for a moment before dying out in a final gurgle as Rev. Levitt recited the prescribed blessing.
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There is not even a gurgle .