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gargle

[ gahr-guhl ]

verb (used without object)

gargled, gargling.
  1. to wash or rinse the throat or mouth with a liquid held in the throat and kept in motion by a stream of air from the lungs.


verb (used with object)

gargled, gargling.
  1. to gargle (the throat or mouth).
  2. to utter with a gargling sound.

noun

  1. any liquid used for gargling.
  2. a gargling sound.

gargle

/ ˈɡɑËÉ¡É™±ô /

verb

  1. to rinse (the mouth and throat) with a liquid, esp a medicinal fluid by slowly breathing out through the liquid
  2. to utter (words, sounds, etc) with the throaty bubbling noise of gargling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the liquid used for gargling
  2. the sound produced by gargling
  3. informal.
    an alcoholic drink

    what was her favourite gargle?

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ²¹°ù²µ±ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²µ²¹°ùg±ô±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gargle1

1520–30; < Middle French gargouiller to gargle, rattle the throat, derivative of gargouille throat; perhaps imitative
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gargle1

C16: from Old French gargouiller to gargle, make a gurgling sound, from gargouille throat, perhaps of imitative origin
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People swallow or gargle the brews to combat routine bacterial infections.

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I shouted, “They were never your family,†but it sounded like gargles and whimpers.

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First, internet healers falsely suggested that gargling salt water and vinegar could prevent a coronavirus infection.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in the race and gargling a box of razors.

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"It sounded like he was choking, a gargling kind of noise," she said.

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