guggle

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guggle

A baby guggles happily while drinking from a bottle.

Definition
  1. 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
guggle

A baby guggles happily while drinking from a bottle.

Verb
  1. drink from a flask with a gurgling sound
  2. make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle
  3. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
    • babbling brooks