gurgle
/ˈɡɝ.ɡl̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.14 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The bath water gurgled down the drain."
- "Pure gurgling rills the lonely deſart trace, / And vvaſte their muſick on the ſavage race."
- "The baby gurgled with delight."
- "Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks."
Etymology
Back formation from Middle English gurguling (“a rumbling in the belly”). Akin to Middle Dutch gorgelen (“to gurgle”), Middle Low German gorgelen (“to gurgle”), German gurgeln (“to gargle”), and perhaps to Latin gurguliō (“throat”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: gurguling
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɝ.ɡl̩/
- British English: /ˈɡɜː.ɡl̩/