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The word of the day is ‘gurgling’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Laughing
2. Babbling
3. Making or characterized by a hollow bubbling sound.
4. (of a baby) making a contented sound.
1. There was trouble in that place—moaning, splashing, gurgling, and the clank of machinery.
2. No sound was heard but the gurgling of blood that ran out in floods on the floor.
3. It has been described as a “rumbling” noise, but I think “gurgling” is better.
4. White made a gurgling noise in his throat and held on to the desk for support.
5. With a gurgling cry, the brute relaxed its hold and slipped to one side.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
babbling, bubbling, burbling, cackle, chortle, chuckle, chuckling, crow, fit, gesture, giggle, giggling, guffaw, howling, peal, rejoicing, rippling, roar, shout, shriek, snicker, amusement, cachinnation, crack-up, glee, hilarity, merriment, mirth etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
invalid , incomplete, unrighteous, rise etc.
Quotation:
The joy of being a consumer is that it doesn’t require thought, responsibility, self-awareness or shame: All you have to do is obey the first urge that gurgles up from your stomach. And then obey the next. And the next. And the next.
Matt Taibbi
Social Example:
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