1. The low sounds that water makes when it is poured quickly from a bottle or down a drain: The gurgles of the running water in the pipes could be easily heard when the bath water in the tub was unplugged.

If a person's stomach gurgles, it makes a long low sound, usually because he or she has eaten recently or is hungry.

1. To have the deep bubbling noise that liquid makes when it is poured from a bottle.
2. To make a bubbling sound in the throat, or to say something with a bubbling sound in the throat.
3. To flow in a broken irregular current with a bubbling sound.
4. To make the quiet sound of water moving over rocks, through a pipe, etc.: "We could hear the gurgling of a stream near our tent."

"The water gurgled through the pipes."

5. To make a sound like a liquid boiling or bubbling: "We could hear her stomach gurgling because she was so hungry."
6. To make happy and quiet sounds: "The baby gurgled contentedly."