See surkle on Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "soaked through, completely saturated",
"translation": "soaked through, completely saturated",
"word": "gjennomsurklet"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "gurgling, gurgling sound",
"translation": "gurgling, gurgling sound",
"word": "surkel"
}
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"t": "to gurgle, burble; make a sucking or sloshing sound"
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"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk surkle (“to gurgle, burble; make a sucking or sloshing sound”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Of onomatopoeic origin.\nCompare Norwegian Nynorsk surkle (“to gurgle, burble; make a sucking or sloshing sound”).",
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"form": "surkl",
"tags": [
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]
},
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"form": "surkle",
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"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "surkler",
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]
},
{
"form": "surkles",
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]
},
{
"form": "surkla",
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"past"
]
},
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"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "surkla",
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"supine"
]
},
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"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "surkla",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "surklet",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "surklende",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "surkling",
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"noun-from-verb"
]
}
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"16": "surkla",
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"18": "surklet",
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"20": "surkla",
"21": "or",
"22": "surklet",
"23": "present participle",
"24": "surklende",
"25": "verbal noun",
"26": "surkling",
"3": "imperative",
"4": "surkl",
"5": "or",
"6": "surkle",
"7": "present tense",
"8": "surkler",
"9": "passive"
},
"expansion": "surkle (imperative surkl or surkle, present tense surkler, passive surkles, simple past surkla or surklet, supine surkla or surklet, past participle surkla or surklet, present participle surklende, verbal noun surkling)",
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}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
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"surk",
"le"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "33 31 37",
"kind": "other",
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"name": "Sound",
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}
],
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{
"english": "The sea gurgles beneath the pier.",
"text": "Sjøen surkler under brygga.",
"translation": "The sea gurgles beneath the pier.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[the ice] grinds and gurgles dangerously around the ship's hull",
"ref": "1925, Trygve Hjorth-Johansen, Med Mørefiskere til Grønland, page 119:",
"text": "[isen] gnisser og surkler farlig omkring skibsskroget",
"translation": "[the ice] grinds and gurgles dangerously around the ship's hull",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the water gurgled … and clunked a little beneath the turf",
"ref": "1930, Sigrid Undset, Den brændende busk, page 34:",
"text": "det surklet … og klunket litt av vandet indunder torven",
"translation": "the water gurgled … and clunked a little beneath the turf",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the sea lay dark and heavy, gurgling beneath the pier",
"ref": "1937, P. Lykke-Seest, En stasjon på veien, page 200:",
"text": "sjøen lå mørk og tung og surklet inne under bryggen",
"translation": "the sea lay dark and heavy, gurgling beneath the pier",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "a delightfully gurgling bog hole",
"ref": "1993, Tor Ulven, Avløsning, page 146:",
"text": "herlig surklende myrhull",
"translation": "a delightfully gurgling bog hole",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[he] pressed the button [on the coffee machine]. The machine immediately began to gurgle and burble",
"ref": "1996, Unni Lindell, Slangebæreren:",
"text": "[han] trykket på knappen [på kaffemaskinen]. Umiddelbart begynte maskinen å surkle og klukke",
"translation": "[he] pressed the button [on the coffee machine]. The machine immediately began to gurgle and burble",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[he] heard the swells gurgling against the boat",
"ref": "2002, Dag Solstad, 16-07-41:",
"text": "[han] hørte dønningene surkle mot båten",
"translation": "[he] heard the swells gurgling against the boat",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "it squelches beneath my boots with every step I take",
"ref": "2016, Iben Akerlie, Lars er LOL, page 106:",
"text": "det surkler under støvlene mine for hvert skritt jeg tar",
"translation": "it squelches beneath my boots with every step I take",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the radiator would not work; it never worked, it only gurgled",
"ref": "2026, Erik Fosnes Hansen, Om natten er jeg i Kina, page 25:",
"text": "radiatoren ville ikke virke; den virket aldri, bare surklet",
"translation": "the radiator would not work; it never worked, it only gurgled",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"to gurgle, burble, slosh, squelch; to flow or move with a soft bubbling, gulping or sucking sound"
],
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"(intransitive, of liquid or wetness) to gurgle, burble, slosh, squelch; to flow or move with a soft bubbling, gulping or sucking sound"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of liquid or wetness"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "klukke"
},
{
"word": "klunke"
},
{
"word": "sukle"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
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"kind": "other",
"langcode": "nb",
"name": "Medicine",
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},
{
"_dis": "11 78 11",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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}
],
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{
"english": "There is a rattling sound in the chest.",
"text": "Det surkler i brystet.",
"translation": "There is a rattling sound in the chest.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[she] heard the sound of her own rattling lungs",
"ref": "2021, Victoria Kielland, Mine menn, page 11:",
"text": "[hun] hørte lyden av sine egne surklende lunger",
"translation": "[she] heard the sound of her own rattling lungs",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to gurgle, rattle; to make a wet, gurgling sound as air passes through mucus in the airways"
],
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"medicine"
],
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"gurgle"
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"rattle"
]
],
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"(intransitive, medicine) to gurgle, rattle; to make a wet, gurgling sound as air passes through mucus in the airways"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "33 31 37",
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"parents": [],
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}
],
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{
"english": "[they] draw on the pipe with a gurgling sound",
"ref": "1918, Gabriel Scott, Kilden, page 107:",
"text": "[de] surkler paa pipen",
"translation": "[they] draw on the pipe with a gurgling sound",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"to suck or draw on something so that it makes a gurgling sound"
],
"id": "en-surkle-nb-verb-HxcN-Tlo",
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"draw"
]
],
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"(intransitive) to suck or draw on something so that it makes a gurgling sound"
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsʉr.klə/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʉrklə"
}
],
"word": "surkle"
}
{
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"Pages with entries",
"nb:Sound"
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"derived": [
{
"english": "soaked through, completely saturated",
"translation": "soaked through, completely saturated",
"word": "gjennomsurklet"
},
{
"english": "gurgling, gurgling sound",
"translation": "gurgling, gurgling sound",
"word": "surkel"
}
],
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]
},
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"past"
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{
"form": "surkla",
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"supine"
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"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "surklet",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "surklende",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
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"parts": [
"surk",
"le"
]
}
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The sea gurgles beneath the pier.",
"text": "Sjøen surkler under brygga.",
"translation": "The sea gurgles beneath the pier.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[the ice] grinds and gurgles dangerously around the ship's hull",
"ref": "1925, Trygve Hjorth-Johansen, Med Mørefiskere til Grønland, page 119:",
"text": "[isen] gnisser og surkler farlig omkring skibsskroget",
"translation": "[the ice] grinds and gurgles dangerously around the ship's hull",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the water gurgled … and clunked a little beneath the turf",
"ref": "1930, Sigrid Undset, Den brændende busk, page 34:",
"text": "det surklet … og klunket litt av vandet indunder torven",
"translation": "the water gurgled … and clunked a little beneath the turf",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the sea lay dark and heavy, gurgling beneath the pier",
"ref": "1937, P. Lykke-Seest, En stasjon på veien, page 200:",
"text": "sjøen lå mørk og tung og surklet inne under bryggen",
"translation": "the sea lay dark and heavy, gurgling beneath the pier",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "a delightfully gurgling bog hole",
"ref": "1993, Tor Ulven, Avløsning, page 146:",
"text": "herlig surklende myrhull",
"translation": "a delightfully gurgling bog hole",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[he] pressed the button [on the coffee machine]. The machine immediately began to gurgle and burble",
"ref": "1996, Unni Lindell, Slangebæreren:",
"text": "[han] trykket på knappen [på kaffemaskinen]. Umiddelbart begynte maskinen å surkle og klukke",
"translation": "[he] pressed the button [on the coffee machine]. The machine immediately began to gurgle and burble",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[he] heard the swells gurgling against the boat",
"ref": "2002, Dag Solstad, 16-07-41:",
"text": "[han] hørte dønningene surkle mot båten",
"translation": "[he] heard the swells gurgling against the boat",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "it squelches beneath my boots with every step I take",
"ref": "2016, Iben Akerlie, Lars er LOL, page 106:",
"text": "det surkler under støvlene mine for hvert skritt jeg tar",
"translation": "it squelches beneath my boots with every step I take",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the radiator would not work; it never worked, it only gurgled",
"ref": "2026, Erik Fosnes Hansen, Om natten er jeg i Kina, page 25:",
"text": "radiatoren ville ikke virke; den virket aldri, bare surklet",
"translation": "the radiator would not work; it never worked, it only gurgled",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"to gurgle, burble, slosh, squelch; to flow or move with a soft bubbling, gulping or sucking sound"
],
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"gurgle",
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"burble",
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"slosh",
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],
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"squelch",
"squelch"
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"(intransitive, of liquid or wetness) to gurgle, burble, slosh, squelch; to flow or move with a soft bubbling, gulping or sucking sound"
],
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"of liquid or wetness"
],
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{
"word": "klukke"
},
{
"word": "klunke"
},
{
"word": "sukle"
}
],
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"intransitive"
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},
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{
"english": "There is a rattling sound in the chest.",
"text": "Det surkler i brystet.",
"translation": "There is a rattling sound in the chest.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[she] heard the sound of her own rattling lungs",
"ref": "2021, Victoria Kielland, Mine menn, page 11:",
"text": "[hun] hørte lyden av sine egne surklende lunger",
"translation": "[she] heard the sound of her own rattling lungs",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"to gurgle, rattle; to make a wet, gurgling sound as air passes through mucus in the airways"
],
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"medicine",
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],
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"gurgle",
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"rattle",
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]
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"(intransitive, medicine) to gurgle, rattle; to make a wet, gurgling sound as air passes through mucus in the airways"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
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"medicine",
"sciences"
]
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{
"english": "[they] draw on the pipe with a gurgling sound",
"ref": "1918, Gabriel Scott, Kilden, page 107:",
"text": "[de] surkler paa pipen",
"translation": "[they] draw on the pipe with a gurgling sound",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"to suck or draw on something so that it makes a gurgling sound"
],
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],
"tags": [
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],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsʉr.klə/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʉrklə"
}
],
"word": "surkle"
}
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