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Gargle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. 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.

verb-intransitive. To produce the sound of gargling when speaking or singing.

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

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

v. To utter with a gargling sound.

n. A medicated solution for gargling.

n. A gargling sound.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. 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

v. to make a sound like the one made while gargling

v. to clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth)

v. to use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.

v. to make a gargling sound.

n. a liquid used for gargling

n. the sound of gargling

n. lager, drink

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See gargoyle.

v. To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs.

v. To warble; to sing as if gargling.

n. A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, with a liquid preparation, which is kept from descending into the stomach by a gentle expiration of air.

To warble.

n. Any liquid preparation for rinsing the mouth and throat.

n. A distemper in swine; garget.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth

v. utter with gargling or burbling sounds

v. rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash

n. the sound produced while gargling

Word Usage

"She heard the word "gargle" for the first time the other day, and it joined the list of words deemed funny on the sheer merit of their sound and mouth feel."

Verb Form

gargled gargles gargling

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

solution emit let out let loose utter lave wash sound

Variant

gargoyle

Form

gargle-factory

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

warble rinse wash gargarize gargarism collutory mouthwash

Same Context

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