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3 definitions found 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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