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noun

(1) The bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck

verb

(2) Utter with a gurgling sound

"`Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled"

(3) Drink from a flask with a gurgling sound

(4) Make sounds similar to gurgling water

"The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it"

(5) Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

"Babbling brooks"

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Etymology

Back formation from gurguling "a rumbling in the belly". Akin to and gorgelen "to gurgle", gurgeln "to gargle", and perhaps to gurgulio "throat"

Verb

To flow with a bubbling sound.

The bath water gurgled down the drain.
To make such a sound.

The baby gurgled with delight.