gurgles

Water bottle noises

Gurgles is the sound of liquid flowing irregularly, with bubbles and interruptions—water down a drain, a stream over rocks, a baby's throat.

The word imitates the sound itself.

Babies gurgle contentedly; stomachs gurgle with hunger or digestion.

A brook gurgles through a meadow.

As a noun: the gurgle of wine being poured.

water

babble

Incoherent speech

  • burbleFlow with bubbling sounds
  • rippleMinor surface disturbance
  • splashLiquid scattering on impact

trickle · stream · brook · flow · bubbling · drain · pipe · plumbing · fountain · spring

baby

coo

Soft avian vocalization

contentment · bottle · feeding · happy · playful · cherub · nursery · giggle · drool · burp

stomach

rumble

Low rolling sound

belly · tummy · intestines · bloating · gas · indigestion · bowel · gut · abdomen · peristalsis

voice

throaty

Low, rough-voiced

strangled · chortling · liquid · bubbly · wet · phlegmy · croaky · splutter · sputter · death rattle

Categories
Opposites
sound type

gurglessilence

Total lack of sound

splashes · crashes · bangs · thuds · cracks

flow quality

gurglessplashes

Liquid scattered by impact

gushes · spurts · stagnates · pools · floods

VOCALIZATION QUALITY (for baby sounds)

gurglesscreams

Loud, piercing cries

shrieks · wails · cries · howls · screeches

Family

gurgle, gurgling, gurgled, gurgly

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G