"gurgle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɜː.ɡl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡɝ.ɡl̩/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-gurgle.ogg [Australia] Forms: gurgles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəl Etymology: Back formation from Middle English gurguling (“a rumbling in the belly”). Akin to Middle Dutch gorgelen (“to gurgle”), Middle Low German gorgelen (“to gurgle”), German gurgeln (“to gargle”), and perhaps to Latin gurguliō (“throat”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|gurguling||a rumbling in the belly}} Middle English gurguling (“a rumbling in the belly”), {{cog|dum|gorgelen|t=to gurgle}} Middle Dutch gorgelen (“to gurgle”), {{cog|gml|gorgelen|t=to gurgle}} Middle Low German gorgelen (“to gurgle”), {{cog|de|gurgeln|t=to gargle}} German gurgeln (“to gargle”), {{cog|la|gurguliō|t=throat}} Latin gurguliō (“throat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gurgle (plural gurgles)
  1. A gurgling sound. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (gurgling sound): կլկլոց (klklocʻ) (Armenian), բլդբլդոց (bldbldocʻ) (Armenian), бълбукане (bǎlbukane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), bublání [neuter] (Czech), kurlutus (Finnish), gargouillis [masculine] (French), gorgolexo [masculine] (Galician), gorgolo [masculine] (Galician), Gurgeln [neuter] (German), gorgoglio [masculine] (Italian), gorgogliare [masculine] (Italian), gorgoglìo [masculine] (Italian), ごぼごぼ (gobogobo) (Japanese), грго́рење (grgórenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), жубо́рење (žubórenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), клоко́тење (klokótenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), kokō (Maori), bulgot (Polish), gulgot (Polish), bulgotanie (Polish), gaworzenie (Polish), gorgolejo [masculine] (Portuguese), бу́льканье (búlʹkanʹje) [neuter] (Russian), glugan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), gluglú (Spanish), gurgel (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gurgle-en-noun-I4~mmcGT Disambiguation of Sounds: 38 30 32

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɜː.ɡl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡɝ.ɡl̩/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-gurgle.ogg [Australia] Forms: gurgles [present, singular, third-person], gurgling [participle, present], gurgled [participle, past], gurgled [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəl Etymology: Back formation from Middle English gurguling (“a rumbling in the belly”). Akin to Middle Dutch gorgelen (“to gurgle”), Middle Low German gorgelen (“to gurgle”), German gurgeln (“to gargle”), and perhaps to Latin gurguliō (“throat”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|gurguling||a rumbling in the belly}} Middle English gurguling (“a rumbling in the belly”), {{cog|dum|gorgelen|t=to gurgle}} Middle Dutch gorgelen (“to gurgle”), {{cog|gml|gorgelen|t=to gurgle}} Middle Low German gorgelen (“to gurgle”), {{cog|de|gurgeln|t=to gargle}} German gurgeln (“to gargle”), {{cog|la|gurguliō|t=throat}} Latin gurguliō (“throat”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gurgle (third-person singular simple present gurgles, present participle gurgling, simple past and past participle gurgled)
  1. To flow with a bubbling sound. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (to flow with a bubbling sound): κελαρύζω (kelarúzō) (Ancient Greek), غَرْغَرَ (ḡarḡara) (Arabic), بَقْبَقَ (baqbaqa) (Arabic), կլկլալ (klklal) (Armenian), բլդբլդալ (bldbldal) (Armenian), կարկաչել (karkačʻel) (Armenian), պճպճալ (pčpčal) (Armenian), бълбукам (bǎlbukam) (Bulgarian), bublat (Czech), kurluttaa (Finnish), gorgolexar (Galician), gurgeln (German), bugyborékol (Hungarian), gorgogliare (Italian), fiottare (Italian), croccolare (Italian), bruire (Italian), гр́гори (gŕgori) (Macedonian), жу́бори (žúbori) (Macedonian), кло́коти (klókoti) (Macedonian), kokō (Maori), gorgolejar (Portuguese), бу́лькать (búlʹkatʹ) (Russian), журча́ть (žurčátʹ) (Russian), dèan glugan (Scottish Gaelic), gurgla (Swedish), çağlamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-gurgle-en-verb-Ofwg1FEv Disambiguation of Sounds: 38 30 32 Disambiguation of 'to flow with a bubbling sound': 95 5
  2. To make such a sound. Categories (topical): Sounds Synonyms: guttle [Northern-England] Translations (to make such a sound): τονθορύζω (tonthorúzō) (Ancient Greek), bublat (Czech), kurluttaa (Finnish), gargouiller (French), gorgolexar (Galician), gurgeln (German), גִּרְגֵּר (girgér) (Hebrew), gurgulázik (Hungarian), tatangi (Maori), kokō (Maori), gargouoilli (Norman), dêgouglonner (Norman), gurgle (Norwegian), bulgotać [imperfective] (Polish), gulgotać [imperfective] (Polish), gorgolejar (Portuguese), бу́лькать (búlʹkatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), бу́лькнуть (búlʹknutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), dèan glugan (Scottish Gaelic), gurgla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gurgle-en-verb-GCqdgYJY Disambiguation of Sounds: 38 30 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 28 43 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 11 78 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 18 17 65 Disambiguation of 'to make such a sound': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gurgler, gurgly

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gurgle meaning in English (13.7kB)

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          "word": "կլկլոց"
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "gurgling sound",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "it",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "it",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ごぼごぼ"
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          "word": "грго́рење"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "word": "bulgot"
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          "code": "pl",
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      "word": "կլկլալ"
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      "word": "բլդբլդալ"
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      "roman": "karkačʻel",
      "sense": "to flow with a bubbling sound",
      "word": "կարկաչել"
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pčpčal",
      "sense": "to flow with a bubbling sound",
      "word": "պճպճալ"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to flow with a bubbling sound",
      "word": "bugyborékol"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to flow with a bubbling sound",
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "fiottare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bldbldocʻ",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "word": "բլդբլդոց"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bǎlbukane",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бълбукане"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bublání"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "word": "kurlutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gargouillis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorgolexo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorgolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gurgeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorgoglio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorgogliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorgoglìo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gobogobo",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "word": "ごぼごぼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "grgórenje",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "грго́рење"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "žubórenje",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "жубо́рење"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "klokótenje",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "клоко́тење"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "word": "kokō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "word": "bulgot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "word": "gulgot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "word": "bulgotanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "word": "gaworzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorgolejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "búlʹkanʹje",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бу́льканье"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glugan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "word": "gluglú"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "gurgling sound",
      "word": "gurgel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gurgle"
}

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