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gurgle1 verbgurgle2 noun gurglegur‧gle1 /ˈɡɜːɡəl $ ˈɡɜːr-/ verb [intransitive] gurgleOrigin: 1500-1600 Probably from the sound VERB TABLEgurgle |
Present | I, you, we, they | gurgle | | he, she, it | gurgles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | gurgled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have gurgled | | he, she, it | has gurgled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had gurgled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will gurgle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have gurgled |
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Present | I | am gurgling | | he, she, it | is gurgling | | you, we, they | are gurgling | Past | I, he, she, it | was gurgling | | you, we, they | were gurgling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been gurgling | | he, she, it | has been gurgling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been gurgling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be gurgling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been gurgling |
- The pipes in the attic gurgle in the night and keep me awake.
- The washing machine gurgled as it changed cycles.
- He looked at the beer, gurgling away.
- Painted in sunburst yellow, it has a huge engine gurgling inside.
sounds made by liquids or something wet► splash the sound that a liquid makes when it falls from a height, hits something hard, or is moved rapidly around: · There was a splash behind the boat as a large silver fish jumped out of the water.· Judging from the shouts and splashes coming from the pool, everyone was having a lot of fun. fall/land etc with a splash: · Ashlee fell into the river with a loud splash. ► squelch British to make a sound like someone walking in soft, wet mud, or to move somewhere making this sound: · It had been raining hard and my boots squelched as I walked across the park.squelch along/past/through etc: · Ankle deep in mud, we squelched across the meadow.squelch around: · Melvin was squelching around in the yard outside the cowshed. ► gurgle if something such as a stream gurgles , it makes a low irregular sound like water flowing through a pipe: · The pipes in the attic gurgle in the night and keep me awake.· The washing machine gurgled as it changed cycles. ► plop to make a sound like something solid falling directly into water: plop into/onto etc: · Noah threw a stone high into the air and it plopped into the river.· Several letters plopped onto the doormat. ► bubble to make the continuous repeated sound that is made, for example, by water boiling: · A large saucepan of soup was bubbling on the stove. ► a gurgling/whistling/cracking etc noise (=a noise with a particular kind of sound)· The water moved through the pipes with a loud gurgling noise. 1if water gurgles, it flows along gently with a pleasant low sound SYN burble: We could hear the stream gurgling down in the valley.2if a baby gurgles, it makes a happy low sound in its throatgurgle1 verbgurgle2 noun gurglegurgle2 noun [countable] - Somewhere nearby there was the gentle gurgle of a stream.
- He did, on a frothy gurgle of blood.
- I tried to wait, expecting him to respond with a gurgle or a chortle.
- Mavis heard the river; she heard the mill stacks hissing in the night, the gurgle of the aeration ponds.
- The squawking continued for a moment before dying out in a final gurgle as Rev. Levitt recited the prescribed blessing.
- There is not even a gurgle.
made by a liquid► splash the sound that a liquid makes when something hits it, or when it hits against another thing: · She jumped into the pool with a big splash.· the splash of the waves against the rocks ► gurgle the low sound that water makes when it flows gently over or through something: · the gurgle of a stream· She listened to the gurgle as the water drained out of the bath. ► plop the sudden short sound when something is dropped into a liquid: · Kate dropped the ice into her glass with a plop. ► a gurgling/whistling/cracking etc noise (=a noise with a particular kind of sound)· The water moved through the pipes with a loud gurgling noise. 1the happy low sound that someone makes in their throat: a gurgle of laughter► see thesaurus at sound2the pleasant low sound of water moving along gently |