guggling

verb

present participle of guggle
as in washing
to flow in a broken irregular stream water guggled down the drain

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guggling
  1. washing
  2. splashing
  3. dripping
  4. bubbling
  5. trickling
  6. swirling
  7. rippling
Verb
  • While no produce wash—including this one, vinegar, or baking soda—can eliminate Cyclospora, thoroughly washing your produce can help reduce dirt and contamination on the surface.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 July 2026
  • The inspector noted that employees weren’t washing their hands properly and the ice from a dirty ice machine wasn’t safe for human consumption.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
Definition of washing
Verb
  • With designers including Prada, Acne Studios and Dior splashing their Spring/Summer 2027 menswear runways with colored denim, the category is positioned to grow well beyond 2026.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 29 July 2026
  • But the Ship upper stage hit all of its marks, successfully deploying 20 next-gen Starlink satellites, re-igniting one of its Raptor engines in space as planned and splashing down softly off the coast of Western Australia.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of splashing
Verb
  • The note probably wouldn’t have been legible anyway, with the constant blood dripping from my writing hand.
    — Todd Orr, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2026
  • The shots are busy with equipment—boom mikes, bulb-flashes, wires and cables dripping like innards or snakes, the hungry Cyclopean eye of a mounted camera.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
Definition of dripping
Verb
  • In an alternate universe, one without the stakes and the frenzy bubbling in the distance, Skubal might have gone about things differently.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • The Reflecting Pool turned green and pieces of the liner started bubbling up to the surface after it was painted last month.
    — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Definition of bubbling
Verb
  • Climate anxiety is also trickling into literary fiction, as Rubsam points out.
    — Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
  • The information trickling out so far raises questions about whether Michigan should have known enough to steer clear of promoting Moore to the head coaching job in the first place.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of trickling
Verb
  • Following that will not be straightforward and, in the short-term, Howe’s departure will do little to calm the angst which has been swirling around the club in recent weeks.
    — David Ornstein, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • Way back in the spring of 2024, rumors began swirling that BMW was working on what would effectively be its equivalent of the G-Wagen or the Land Rover Range Rover.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 July 2026
Definition of swirling
Verb
  • As the drugs whittle waistlines, their impact is rippling beyond the bathroom scale and into a surprisingly wide swath of American life.
    — Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026
  • That shift in mindset is rippling through mountain and foothill communities too.
    — Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 24 July 2026
Definition of rippling
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“Guggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guggling. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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