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Synonyms for gurgling

Grammar : Adj
Spell : gur-guhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɜr gəl

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Définition of gurgling

Origin :
  • early 15c., medical term for "gurgling heard in the abdomen," a native, echoic formation, or ultimately from Latin gurguliare, perhaps via Dutch, German gurgeln. Extended (non-anatomical) use, in reference to water over stones, etc., is first recorded 1713. "This phenomenon of long specialized use before becoming a part of the general vocabulary is often found in English" [Barnhart]. Related: Gurgled; gurgling. As a noun from early 15c.
  • adj laughing
Example sentences :
  • There was trouble in that place—moaning, splashing, gurgling, and the clank of machinery.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • No sound was heard but the gurgling of blood that ran out in floods on the floor.
  • Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis
  • It has been described as a "rumbling" noise, but I think "gurgling" is better.
  • Extract from : « The Emma Gees » by Herbert Wes McBride
  • White made a gurgling noise in his throat and held on to the desk for support.
  • Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace
  • The hag paused, cracked forth a gurgling scream, then proceeded.
  • Extract from : « The Secret of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • And, gurgling happily to herself, she went out and bought a camera.
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • With a gurgling cry the brute relaxed its hold, and slipped to one side.
  • Extract from : « The Camp in the Snow » by William Murray Graydon
  • Right up through the pebbles, bubbling and gurgling it came.
  • Extract from : « Here and Now Story Book » by Lucy Sprague Mitchell
  • All the while the growling and seething and gurgling of the water was heard above all.
  • Extract from : « Hester's Counterpart » by Jean K. Baird
  • And still she answered nothing, but the gurgling of her sobs was audible to him enough.
  • Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope
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