Gargle Definition
gärgəl
gargled, gargles, gargling
verb
gargled, gargles, gargling
To rinse or wash (the throat) with a liquid kept in motion by the slow expulsion of air from the lungs.
Webster's New World
To produce the sound of gargling when speaking or singing.
American Heritage Medicine
To rinse or medicate (the mouth or throat) by gargling.
American Heritage
To utter or speak with the sound of gargling.
Webster's New World
To circulate or apply (a medicine or solution) by gargling.
American Heritage
noun
gargles
A medicated solution for gargling.
American Heritage Medicine
A gargling sound.
Webster's New World
(slang) Lager, drink.
Wiktionary
Obsolete form of gargoyle.
Wiktionary
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Noun
Singular:
garglePlural:
garglesOrigin of Gargle
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From Old French gargouiller (“to gargle”), from gargouille (“throat”). Compare gargoyle.
From Wiktionary
French gargouiller from Old French
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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