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Gurgled

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.

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gurgled

vb. (en-past of: gurgle)

Usage examples of "gurgled".

Slow bass grumbles, quick chittering, whistles, and human(ish) speech gurgled loudly about her, blurring together into a single background clamour.

Varian inclined her body in a slight bow and gurgled with triumph as the giff rocked forward slightly toward her.

Her empty stomach growled, gurgled, and finally settled for sharp nagging pains.

Tip and Huf gurgled happily, and there they remained until the Clarf sun with its customary abruptness sank below the distant hills and darkness spread across the deep plain, with its thousands of 'Dini dwellings and the occasional lump of a hibernatory.

Though her stomach gurgled impatiently, she'd had no desire for food in so long that she was as glad to be guided by Lanzecki's preferences.

He gurgled as he downed half a mug, rubbed his hand across his mouth and then told her that she'd better eat quickly because they'd be clearing any minute.

Water pattered down, forming runnels that gurgled and sucked their way around the intestinal tangle below his feet.

Espresso machines gurgled and slurped enthusiastically, the smell of freshly baked bread wafted about.

The River Fleet, a submerged watercourse that once ran on the surface, gurgled soundlessly, directly underfoot.

The rain barrels along the gutters gurgled with filthy water from the rooftops after last night's downpour.

The protoplasm bubbled and gurgled, throwing up turgid waves now and then — on the end of which were large, bulging eyes.

He gurgled unphonetically when he realized that he was looking at a reindeer.

Bibs's voice hissed in my ear as I gurgled and gnoped but could reach nothing.

Just about the time my morale hit bottom the loudspeaker gurgled incomprehensible instructions and I was hurried down the hall to another room.

It gurgled and slopped, covering my feet, then quickly up to my ankles.