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Gurgle — Gurgle= Gurgle.com is a social networking website for parents and parents to be. The site brings together expert information as well as providing a forum for parents to share their own experiences. The site provides nearly 1,000 articles,… … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gurgle — Gur gle, n. The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. Tinkling gurgles. W. Thompson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gurgle — (v.) early 15c., medical term for gurgling heard in the abdomen, a native, echoic formation, or ultimately from L. gurguliare, perhaps via Du., Ger. gurgeln. Extended (non anatomical) use, in reference to water over stones, etc., is first… … Etymology dictionary
gurgle — [n/v] burble, murmur babble, bubble, crow, lap, plash, purl, ripple, slosh, splash, wash; concepts 65,595 … New thesaurus
gurgle — ► VERB ▪ make or move with a hollow bubbling sound. ► NOUN ▪ a gurgling sound. ORIGIN imitative, or from Latin gurgulio gullet … English terms dictionary
gurgle — [gʉr′gəl] vi. gurgled, gurgling [prob. echoic orig., as in Ger gurgeln, or ? akin to It gorgogliare < L gurgulio, gullet] 1. to flow with a bubbling or rippling sound, as water from a narrow necked bottle does 2. to make such a sound in the… … English World dictionary
gurgle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ low VERB + GURGLE ▪ emit, give, let out ▪ hear … Collocations dictionary
gurgle — [[t]gɜ͟ː(r)g(ə)l[/t]] gurgles, gurgling, gurgled 1) VERB If water is gurgling, it is making the sound that it makes when it flows quickly and unevenly through a narrow space. [V adv/prep] ...a narrow stone edged channel along which water gurgles… … English dictionary
gurgle — I UK [ˈɡɜː(r)ɡ(ə)l] / US [ˈɡɜrɡ(ə)l] verb [intransitive] Word forms gurgle : present tense I/you/we/they gurgle he/she/it gurgles present participle gurgling past tense gurgled past participle gurgled 1) to make the low sound that water makes… … English dictionary
gurgle — v. (D; tr.) to gurgle to (the baby gurgled a few sounds to us) * * * [ gɜːg(ə)l] (D; tr.) to gurgle to (the baby gurgled a few sounds to us) … Combinatory dictionary
