Definitions for gurgles

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gurgles gur·gle

Spelling: [gur-guh l]

IPA: /ˈgɜr gəl/

Gurgles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in gurgles (egglrsu).

Definitions for gurgles

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 gurgles

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

Examples for gurgles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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