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1. (v.i.) gargle
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.
2. (v.t.) gargle
to gargle (the throat or mouth).
3. gargle
to utter with a gargling sound.
4. (n.) gargle
any liquid used for gargling.
5. gargle
a gargling sound.
Etymology: (1520–30; < MF gargouiller to gargle, rattle the throat, der. of gargouille throat; perh. imit.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) gargle, mouthwash
a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth
2. (verb) gargle
the sound produced while gargling
3. (verb) gargle
utter with gargling or burbling sounds
4. (verb) gargle, rinse
rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash
"gargle with this liquid"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) gargle
see Gargoyle
2. (noun) gargle
a liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect
3. (verb) gargle
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
4. (verb) gargle
to warble; to sing as if gargling
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Sense: to wash the throat eg with a soothing liquid, by letting the liquid lie in the throat and breathing out against it.
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 Afrikaans: gorrel |
 Arabic: يُغَرْغِر |
 Bulgarian: правя гаргара |
 Brazilian: gargarejar |
 Czech: kloktat |
 German: gurgeln |
 Danish: gurgle |
 Greek: κάνω γαργάρα |
 Spanish: hacer gárgaras, gargariza |
 Estonian: kuristama |
 Farsi: غرغره کردن |
 Finnish: kurlata |
 French: se gargariser |
 Hebrew: לְגַרגֵר |
 Hindi: गरारा करना |
 Croatian: grgljati |
 Hungarian: gargarizál |
 Indonesian: berkumur |
 Icelandic: skola hálsinn |
 Italian: fare gargarismi |
 Japanese: うがいする |
 Korean: (목구멍, 입안을) 양치질하여 가시다 |
 Lithuanian: skalauti gerklę, gargaliu |
 Latvian: skalot (kaklu) |
 Malay: berkumur |
 Dutch: gorgelen |
 Norwegian: gurgle |
 Polish: płukać gardło |
 Persian: غرغره کردن |
 Pashto: غړغړه كول، دستونى مينځل، |
 Portuguese: gargarejar |
 Romanian: a face gargară |
 Russian: полоскать горло |
 Slovak: kloktať |
 Slovenian: grgrati |
 Serbian: ispirati grlo |
 Swedish: gurgla [sig] |
 Thai: กลั้วคอ |
 Turkish: gargara yapmak |
 Taiwanese: 漱口(喉) |
 Ukrainian: полоскати |
 Urdu: غرارہ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: súc miệng |
 Chinese: 漱喉，漱口 |
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