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.
Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace, And waste their music on the savage race. --Young.
Gurgle \Gur"gle\, n. The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. ``Tinkling gurgles.'' --W. Thompson.
Below the bridge, above the steady gurgle of the river, a splash is preceded by the silver flash of a fish as it leaps from the water. These people are fly-fishermen.