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  • noun Plural form of guggle.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of guggle.

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Examples

  • And, before losing consciousness entirely, I seemed to hear, between two guggles:

    The Phantom of the Opera 1911

  • The indignant captain put forth his best efforts to make suitable retort, but could only emit a series of "guggles."

    Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Holman Day 1900

  • _Cabri-des-bois_, [14] or _cra-cra_, almost deafens you with the wheezy bleating sound by which it earned its creole name; birds pipe: everything that bells, ululates, drones, clacks, guggles, joins the enormous chorus; and you fancy you see all the shadows vibrating to the force of this vocal storm.

    Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • The church resounded with guggles and gasps, like a great deal of bath-water running out of an ill-constructed tub.

    Clover Susan Coolidge 1870

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