gargle
Meanings
Verb
- 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
- 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.
Noun
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Origin
- From Old French gargouiller, from gargouille. Compare gargoyle.
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