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
  • Now, to the handwashing shortcomings, such as a cashier handling customer’s payment, then preparing drinks and serving plates of food to customers without washing hands (cash and payment cards tend to be germ motherships).
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In a single-person household, washing your bath mat every one to two weeks is typically sufficient.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of washing
Verb
  • Gillian remains the franchise’s sensitive nerve ending, with Kidman splashing her sparkly charisma across every frame.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Humm, New York City Yet another New York titan is splashing a new spot on the Big Apple scene this fall.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of splashing
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  • She’s gutted, her insides ripped out, and hung from a tree in the yard, dripping with blood.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026
  • After his friend pulled off his attacker, Sais said he was chased to the Mercantile Saloon, dripping with blood.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of dripping
Verb
  • The bubbling chemistry created with QB Tyler Shough last fall is likely to spill over into the new season.
    — Brad Evans, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Add the sauce to the same pan and cook until bubbling, 2 to 3 minutes.
    — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bubbling
Verb
  • Then the orders started trickling into her store, too, and that envy was quickly replaced by confusion.
    — Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
  • As the complete genome sequences of other model organisms began trickling in, Wolfe used his bioinformatics expertise to look for genome duplications there.
    — Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of trickling
Verb
  • While excitement is swirling among consumers, Wall Street is staying cool on what the announcement could mean for the stock.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • While that project is still in the early stages, Ron has enough IP swirling around the Amazon ecosystem to keep her busy.
    — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of swirling
Verb
  • The piano part gurgles like the waters with a rippling right-hand figure in sextuplets.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Fuel prices have surged or supplies have simply disappeared, with consequences rippling through economies.
    — Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of rippling
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“Guggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guggling. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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