gurgle
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bubble, dribble, guggle, lap, plash, ripple, splash, trickle, wash
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In the cute video, Nicholas, dressed in a blue T-shirt and shorts, wandered around making gurgling noises. — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, "Enrique Iglesias Shares Sweet New Video of Son Nicholas, 18 Months, on a Boat: 'Weekend Vibes'," 25 June 2019 The submarine gurgled past Lt Cdr Firdaus and the two divers towards the three men. — Rahul Singh, Quartz India, "You’ve heard stories of Indian Army and Air Force heroes. Now here’s an angel from the Navy," 23 June 2019 Only a year ago, streams of lava gurgled from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, blocking roads and inching across fields. — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, "Newborn Hawaii beach is already polluted with tiny pieces of plastic," 30 May 2019 The steam had been gurgling, boiling, building up beneath the surface for more than two decades. — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Mickelson made dumb decision, but USGA's U.S. Open setup is a joke," 16 June 2018 There were baby wranglers aplenty to ensure that the small actor was doing fine — and the baby’s mom also was a matter of feet away — so the well-fed baby actress basically just lay there and gurgled happily. — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, "When's the last time you saw a real baby on stage? A suggestion for 'Cry It Out'," 22 May 2018 When the volcano’s guts gurgle with a new injection of magma from below, the lava lake in Halemaʻumaʻu Crater rises. — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, "Here’s what’s going on with Hawaii’s erupting volcano," 11 May 2018 There, water gurgled in a fountain, a bird twittered in a cage, and the smell of Chinese herbs filled the air. — Moises Velasquez-manoff, WIRED, "Ketamine Stirs Up Hope—and Controversy—as a Depression Drug," 8 May 2018 Sewage gurgled up through the pipes of their bathroom sinks, shower and bath tub, the suit says. — Aimee Green, OregonLive.com, "Smelly rental home thwarts plan to stay in elite Riverdale School District, suit says," 30 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gurgle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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