gurgling

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gurgling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gurgle \Gur"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gurgled;p. pr. & vb. n.
     Gurgling.] [Cf. It. gorgogliare to gargle, bubble up, fr.
     L. gurgulio gullet. Cf. Gargle, Gorge.]
     To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as
     water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or
     stones.
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           Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace,
           And waste their music on the savage race. --Young.
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