Meaning

noun the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck

verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

verb make sounds similar to gurgling water

originBack formation from Middle English gurguling (“a rumbling in the belly”). Akin to Middle Dutch gorgelen (“to gurgle”), Middle Low German gorgelen (“to gurgle”), German gurgeln (“to gargle”), and perhaps to Latin gurguliō (“throat”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0