gargle

gar·gle

transitive verb

intransitive verb

-·gled, -·gling

to rinse or wash (the throat) with a liquid kept in motion by the slow expulsion of air from the lungs
to utter or speak with the sound of gargling

Origin of gargle

French gargouiller from gargouille, throat, waterspout, gargoyle from echoic base an unverified form garg- from source Classical Greek gargarizein, to gargle, Sanskrit gharghara-h, gurgling

a liquid used for gargling
a gargling sound

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gargle

verb

gar·gled, gar·gling, gar·gles

verb

intransitive

To force exhaled air through a liquid held in the back of the mouth, with the head tilted back, in order to cleanse or medicate the mouth or throat.
To produce the sound of gargling when speaking or singing.

verb

transitive

To rinse or medicate (the mouth or throat) by gargling.
To circulate or apply (a medicine or solution) by gargling.
To utter with a gargling sound.

noun

A medicated solution for gargling.
A gargling sound.

Origin of gargle

French gargouiller from Old French

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present gargles, present participle gargling, simple past and past participle gargled)

(intransitive) to clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs
(intransitive) to make a sound like the one made while gargling
to clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth)
to use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.
Every morning he gargled a little cheap Scotch.
to make a gargling sound.

Noun

(plural gargles)

a liquid used for gargling
the sound of gargling
(slang) lager, drink

Origin

From Old French gargouiller (“to gargle”), from gargouille (“throat”). Compare gargoyle.

Noun

(plural gargles)

Obsolete form of gargoyle.

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gargle - Medical Definition

v.

To force exhaled air through a liquid held in the back of the mouth, with the head tilted back, in order to cleanse or medicate the mouth or throat.
To rinse or medicate the mouth or throat by gargling.
To produce the sound of gargling when speaking or singing.

n.