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# gurgle

«gurgle» in Mova's school dictionary: **for water or liquid to make a bubbling sound as it flows…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (gurgle, gurgles, gurgled, gurgling); noun (a gurgle, gurgles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To gurgle means for water or liquid to make a bubbling sound as it flows, like water going down a drain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gurgle/#m1)

2) A baby gurgles when it makes happy bubbling sounds in its throat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gurgle/#m2)

3) (noun) A gurgle is such a bubbling sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gurgle/#m3)

4) An animal, such as an elephant, can gurgle by making a low sound deep in its throat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gurgle/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it is a sound word (onomatopoeia) that helps the reader hear the scene: a gurgling stream, a gurgling baby, a gurgling tummy. In English lessons it is used for describing sounds. Phrases: «gurgle with laughter», «the gurgle of the stream».

### examples

- The stream gurgled over the stones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gurgle/#x1)
- The baby gurgled and smiled at me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gurgle/#x2)
- Water gurgled down the plughole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gurgle/#x3)
- My tummy gurgled before lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gurgle/#x4)
- We heard the gurgle of a little brook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gurgle/#x5)
- She gurgled with laughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gurgle/#x6)
- Kala Nag did not answer to the order by gurgling, as he usually did. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gurgle/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: gurgled. It is an onomatopoeic word — it sounds like what it means. Similar: burble, babble, bubble. Do not confuse with «gargle» (bubbling liquid in your throat on purpose).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gurgle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gurgle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.