gurgled

Made bubbling sounds

Gurgled is the past tense of gurgle, describing a bubbling, flowing sound like water draining or a brook over stones.

Babies gurgle contentedly.

A throat wound gurgles.

The word can also describe speaking in a way that sounds bubbly or choked: He gurgled a reply through the blood in his mouth.

playful

splashed

Struck liquid loudly

laughed · squealed · frolicked · bathtub · puddle · wading · sprinkler · pool · delighted · amused

speech

babbled

Spoke rapidly, incoherently

croaked · rasped · choked · stammered · gasped · wheezed · sputtered · garbled · incoherent · unintelligible

baby

cooed

Spoke softly, lovingly

spluttered · burped · fussed · chortled · hiccupped · drooled · sputtered · mewled · crib · infant

water

bubbling

Forming gas spheres

sloshing · trickling · streaming · rippling · glugging · draining · swirling · eddying · seeping · pouring

choking

gasping

Breathing in sharp gulps

strangled · choked · breathless · suffocating · drowning · sputtering · gagging · retching · throat · airway

Opposites
sound quality

gurgledhissed

Made sharp whispered sound

whistled · sighed · whispered · crackled · rasped

volume/audibility

gurgledwhispered

Spoke without full voice

hushed · silenced · muted · stilled · quieted

vocal clarity

gurgledarticulated

Having segments that bend

enunciated · intoned · declared · stated · recited

Family

gurgle, gurgling, gurgles

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G