From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgurglegur‧gle1 /ˈɡɜːɡəl $ ˈɡɜːr-/ verb [intransitive] 1 SOUNDif water gurgles, it flows along gently with a pleasant low sound SYN burble We could hear the stream gurgling down in the valley.2 SOUNDif a baby gurgles, it makes a happy low sound in its throat→ See Verb table
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gurgle• The washing machine gurgled as it changed cycles.• He looked at the beer, gurgling away.• The pipes in the attic gurgle in the night and keep me awake.• Painted in sunburst yellow, it has a huge engine gurgling inside.gurglegurgle2 noun [countable] 1 SOUNDthe happy low sound that someone makes in their throat a gurgle of laughter► see thesaurus at sound2 the pleasant low sound of water moving along gentlyExamples from the Corpus
gurgle• There is not even a gurgle.• I tried to wait, expecting him to respond with a gurgle or a chortle.• The squawking continued for a moment before dying out in a final gurgle as Rev. Levitt recited the prescribed blessing.• He did, on a frothy gurgle of blood.• Somewhere nearby there was the gentle gurgle of a stream.• Mavis heard the river; she heard the mill stacks hissing in the night, the gurgle of the aeration ponds.Origin gurgle (1500-1600) Probably from the sound