gurgle
5 synonyms for gurgle, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To move along making a low bubbling sound.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
A back-formation from Middle English gurguling (“a rumbling in the belly”). It is related to Middle Dutch gorgelen (“to gurgle”), Middle Low German gorgelen (“to gurgle”) and German gurgeln (“to gargle”), and perhaps to Latin gurguliō (“throat”).
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