What is the meaning of gurgle?

noun

  • The bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck.

verb

  • Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise.
    • usage: "babbling brooks"
  • Make sounds similar to gurgling water.
    • usage: "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it"
  • Drink from a flask with a gurgling sound.
  • Utter with a gurgling sound.
    • usage: "`Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled"
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