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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gurgle \Gur"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gurgled};p. pr & vb n.
{Gurgling}.] [Cf. It gorgogliare to gargle, bubble up fr
L. gurgulio gullet. Cf {Gargle}, {Gorge}.]
To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as
water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or
stones.
Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace, And waste
their music on the savage race. --Young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gurgle \Gur"gle\, n.
The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling
gurgles." --W. Thompson.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gurgle
n : the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a
narrow neck
v 1: make a babbling, gurgling sound, as of water; "babbling
brooks" [syn: {ripple}, {babble}, {guggle}, {burble}, {bubble}]
2: drink from a flask with a gurgling sound [syn: {guggle}]
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