Gargle meaning

gär'gəl
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.
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To produce the sound of gargling when speaking or singing.
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To rinse or medicate (the mouth or throat) by gargling.
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To circulate or apply (a medicine or solution) by gargling.
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To utter with a gargling sound.
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A medicated solution for gargling.
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A gargling sound.
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To rinse or wash (the throat) with a liquid kept in motion by the slow expulsion of air from the lungs.
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To utter or speak with the sound of gargling.
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A liquid used for gargling.
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A gargling sound.
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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.
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To rinse or medicate the mouth or throat by gargling.
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To produce the sound of gargling when speaking or singing.
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A medicated solution for gargling.
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A gargling sound.
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(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.
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(intransitive) To make a sound like the one made while gargling.
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To clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth)
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To use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.

Every morning he gargled a little cheap Scotch.

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To make a gargling sound.
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A liquid used for gargling.
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The sound of gargling.
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(slang) Lager, drink.
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Obsolete form of gargoyle.
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Origin of gargle

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

Sentence Examples

  • Internally lead has an astringent action on the mucous membranes, causing a sensation of dryness; the dilute solution of the subacetate forms an effective gargle in tonsillitis.

  • Lozenges of potassium chlorate are used in stomatitis, tonsilitis and pharyngitis, it can also be used in a gargle, to grs.

  • For inflammation of the mouth a similar combination is used as a mouth wash, in the throat as a gargle, and in the nose as a wash and sometimes as an ointment or spray, the ointment possessing the advantage of protecting the delicate nasal mucous membrane from irritation by stopping the entrance of irritant dust into the nasal cavities.

  • Gargle with cayenne tea to cure a sore throat.

  • The child should not gargle immediately before the culture.

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