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gurgled

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gurgled.

Editorial note

Until then, my wife was invited to playdates, where she and another mom drank coffee while the babies gurgled on the floor.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

To make such a sound.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of gurgled gathered in one view.

verb

To make such a sound.

verb

To flow with a bubbling sound.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for gurgled.

verb

To make such a sound.

verb

To flow with a bubbling sound.

Example sentences

1

Until then, my wife was invited to playdates, where she and another mom drank coffee while the babies gurgled on the floor.

2

It didn't go away, rather it got bigger, more painful and frequently gurgled, so we went to the GP.

3

May I interest you in the parts of my body?' It harrumphed and gurgled a bit, wriggled its hind quarters in to a more comfortable position and gazed peacefully at them.

4

I look toward the automatic drip maker to my left and feel a pang of sympathy for its cold carafe that once gurgled and steamed each morning with the best coffee money could buy.

5

(digging about in the ebook reader for the right passage) > Pip shambled into the galley as the coffee gurgled its last gasp and gave up the ghost with a sigh.

6

It might have been a little more pixellated and lower-resolution, and getting it on a 56kbp modem that gurgled and screamed and tied up the phone line was perhaps a bit tricky to do surreptitiously, but it was there.

7

I have essentially zero knowledge of how all this stuff works but I wonder if this is from something going on much deeper in the Earth, like perhaps the very core itself just gurgled on a chunk of Earth that fell in or something.

Quote examples

1

Then again, if your company leadership has gurgled the kool-aid, and decided that "our customers want an AI solution, because it's like, new and shiny"...

2

May I interest you in parts of my body?" It harrumphed and gurgled a bit, wriggled its hind quarters into a more comfortable position and gazed peacefully at them.

3

"I've been exercising it and eating plenty of grain, so there's a lot of good meat there." It gave a mellow grunt, gurgled again and started to chew the cud.

4

Trurl didn't even need to remove it from the pot, since it was only to serve this once, so he set the pot on the table and asked: "What are you?" "I'm a consulting attorney and specialist in jurisprudence," the pot gurgled, for there was a bit too much electrolyte in it.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use gurgled in a sentence?

Until then, my wife was invited to playdates, where she and another mom drank coffee while the babies gurgled on the floor.

What does gurgled mean?

To make such a sound.

What part of speech is gurgled?

gurgled is commonly used as verb.