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gargle
[ gahr-guhl ]
verb (used without object)
- 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)
- to gargle (the throat or mouth).
- to utter with a gargling sound.
noun
- any liquid used for gargling.
- a gargling sound.
gargle
/ ˈɡɑːɡəl /
verb
- to rinse (the mouth and throat) with a liquid, esp a medicinal fluid by slowly breathing out through the liquid
- to utter (words, sounds, etc) with the throaty bubbling noise of gargling
noun
- the liquid used for gargling
- the sound produced by gargling
- informal.an alcoholic drink
what was her favourite gargle?
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Derived Forms
- ˈgargler, noun
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Other Words From
- gargler noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gargle1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
In Kavala Graha, you use a smaller amount of oil, swish between the teeth, and gargle at the back of the throat.
Thousands of people are posting videos on YouTube while they gargle and swirl oil in their mouths.
Telling him he would send in a gargle and a cooling draught, and that he was to go to bed soon, Duffham rose to leave.
Thus, under the similitude of a game, I have seen children confronted with the horrors of arithmetic, and even taught to gargle.
And at the first definite sign that either is developing, increase the frequency of the gargle.
Being non-poisonous, good for a gargle as well as for external use, it is superior to many other antiseptic washes.
We always have to gargle with salt water, at home, when we have sore throats.
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