Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gurgle

1 sense of gurgle

Sense 1
gurgle -- (the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck)
       => sound -- (the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb gurgle

4 senses of gurgle

Sense 1
ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle -- (flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks")
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")

Sense 2
gurgle -- (make sounds similar to gurgling water; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it")
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")

Sense 3
guggle, gurgle -- (drink from a flask with a gurgling sound)
       => drink, imbibe -- (take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda")

Sense 4
gurgle -- (utter with a gurgling sound; "`Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled")
       => utter, emit, let out, let loose -- (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand")

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