gurgle
/'gə:gl/ Cách viết khác : (guggle) /'gʌgl/
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Definition
Noun:
- A bubbling or gurgling sound: The sound made by liquid flowing or moving irregularly, often with air mixed in, such as water from a narrow-necked bottle or a small stream.
Verb:
- To make a bubbling sound: To produce a low, irregular bubbling noise, often when liquid or air moves through a liquid.
- To flow with a bubbling sound: To move in an irregular current while making such a sound.
- To speak or utter with a gurgling sound: To produce vocal sounds that are wet, choked, or impeded, as if from a constricted throat or the presence of liquid.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- The only sound in the room was the gentle gurgle of the aquarium filter.
- We could hear the gurgle of the brook from our cabin.
Verb:
- The water began to gurgle down the drain.
- The wounded man tried to speak but could only gurgle.
- The baby will gurgle happily when she sees her favorite toy.
Advanced Usage
"to gurgle with (an emotion)": To make a gurgling sound that expresses a particular feeling, often contentment or amusement.
- The infant gurgled with delight at the colorful mobile.
Describing inanimate objects: Used to personify objects that produce a similar sound.
- The old coffee machine gurgled to life.
Variants and Related Words
- Guggle (verb): A less common variant of "gurgle," meaning to flow or make a sound with a gurgle.
- Gurgling (adjective/noun): The act or sound of gurgling.
- The gurgling noise was coming from the pipes.
Synonyms
- Bubble (verb): To form bubbles, often making a similar sound.
- Babble (verb): For water, to make a continuous murmuring sound; for speech, to talk rapidly and continuously.
- Burble (verb): To make a continuous murmuring noise, often used for water or speech.
- Ripple (verb): To flow with a slight, gentle sound.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: "Gurgle" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically contained in the single verb.)
Related Idioms
(Note: There are no common idioms that centrally feature the word "gurgle." It is primarily used for its literal descriptive meaning.)
Noun
- the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck
Verb
- utter with a gurgling sound
- `Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled
- drink from a flask with a gurgling sound
- make sounds similar to gurgling water
- The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- babbling brooks