Emily Dickinson Lexicon

gurgle (-ed), v. [native echoic formation, or poss. L. 'to gargle, boil, bubble'.]

1. Flow in an irregular, noisy current.
2. [Fig.] drown; lose life with a struggle; die noisily and unwillingly.
3. Gush; utter with purling sounds; call out with a flowing, bubbling sound; [fig.] chant joyously; sing effusively.