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Gur·gle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gurgled p. pr. & vb. n. Gurgling ] 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.
Gur·gle, n. The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. “Tinkling gurgles.”
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gurgle
n : the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a
narrow neck
v 1: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;
"babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble,
bubble]
2: make sounds similar to gurgling water; "The baby gurgled
with satisfaction when the mother tickled it"
3: drink from a flask with a gurgling sound [syn: guggle]
4: utter with a gurgling sound; "'Help,' the stabbing victim
gurgeld"