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Gurgle

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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Verb group 8

Babble 84% connected

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Babble 84% connected

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bubble 84% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bubble 84% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ripple 84% connected

An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

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Ripple 84% connected

An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 6

Drink 76% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Imbibe 76% connected

To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Bubble 74% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bubble 74% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Babble 92% connected

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bubble 92% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Guggle 92% connected

See Gurgle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ripple 92% connected

An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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