Definitions for gurgle

gurgle gur·gle

Spelling: [gur-guh l]
IPA: /ˈgɜr gəl/

Gurgle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in gurgle (egglru).

Definitions for gurgle

noun

  1. the act or noise of gurgling.

verb (used with object)

  1. to utter or express with a gurgling sound:

verb (used without object)

  1. to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current:
  2. to make a sound as of water doing this (often used of birds or of human beings).

Origin of gurgle

1555-65; compare Dutch, Middle Low German gorgelen, German gurgeln to gargle; akin to Latin gurguliō throat

Examples for gurgle

He pronounces it as if the g were the hard kind that starts off gurgle.

He listened but heard only the gurgle of the Vulcan's wake and the creak of her plates.

Presently he began to breathe hard, and to gurgle in his throat.

There ensues a vast shuffling of words, a drone and a gurgle of syllables.

It couldn't be called a squeal, nor a grunt, nor a gurgle, nor a gasp.

The gurgle of a half-frozen waterfall came from the distant Ghyll.

Even in this woful climax, Theodora noted the gurgle of the child's sobs.

It ended suddenly on its highest note with a choke and a gurgle.

It was only to lick his thick lips and gurgle 233 noisily in his fat throat.

The yell died away to a gurgle, pinched short by the Winslow fingers.

Word Value for gurgle
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

Similar words for gurgle
Word of the day