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gar⋅gle

  [gahr-guhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
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–verb (used without object)
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)
2. to gargle (the throat or mouth).
3. to utter with a gargling sound.
–noun
4. any liquid used for gargling.
5. a gargling sound.
Origin:
1520–30; < MF gargouiller to gargle, rattle the throat, deriv. of gargouille throat; perh. imit.

Related forms:
gargler, noun
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gar·gle   (gär'gəl)   
v.   gar·gled, gar·gling, gar·gles

v.   intr.

  1. 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.

  2. To produce the sound of gargling when speaking or singing.

v.   tr.

  1. To rinse or medicate (the mouth or throat) by gargling.

  2. To circulate or apply (a medicine or solution) by gargling.

  3. To utter with a gargling sound.

n.  

  1. A medicated solution for gargling.

  2. A gargling sound.


[French gargouiller, from Old French.]
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Slang Dictionary
gargle

  1. in.
    to drink liquor. : They sat and gargled for an hour or two.
  2. n.
    liquor; a drink of liquor. : You want some more gargle?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

gargle 
1527, from M.Fr. gargouiller "to gurgle, bubble," from O.Fr. gargouille "throat, waterspout," perhaps from garg-, imitative of throat sounds, + *goule dial. for "mouth," from L. gula "throat."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1gar·gle
Pronunciation: 'gär-g&l
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: gar·gled; gar·gling /-g(&-)li[ng]/
transitive senses
1 : to hold (a liquid) in the mouth or throat and agitate with air from the lungs
2 : to cleanse ordisinfect (the oral cavity) by gargling gargle intransitive senses
: to use a gargle

Main Entry: 2gargle
Function: noun
: a liquid used in gargling
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Medical Dictionary

gargle gar·gle (gär'gəl)
v. gar·gled, gar·gling, gar·gles
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. n.
A medicated fluid used for gargling. Also called throatwash.

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