guggle
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Definition
- Verb (Intransitive):
- To make a bubbling or gurgling sound, often like liquid being poured from a bottle or flowing irregularly.
- To drink from a flask or container, producing such a sound.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The water began to guggle as it drained from the tub.
- He took a long drink from his canteen, making it guggle loudly.
- A small stream guggled over the rocks in the forest.
Advanced Usage
- Onomatopoeic Use: The word "guggle" is often used for its sound, imitating the noise it describes. It is common in descriptive writing.
- The only sound in the quiet room was the coffee pot guggling on the stove.
Variants and Related Words
- Gurgle (verb): A more common synonym with virtually identical meaning.
- The baby gurgled happily.
Synonyms
- Gurgle: To flow with a bubbling sound.
- Bubble: To form bubbles, often with a soft sound.
- Babble: (Of water) to make a continuous murmuring sound.
- Burble: To make a continuous murmuring noise.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Verb Phrases
- The verb is typically used alone.
Related Idioms
Verb
- drink from a flask with a gurgling sound
- make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- babbling brooks