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gargle

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gar·gle  (gärgl)
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.]

gargle
Verb
[-gling, -gled]
to rinse the mouth and throat with (a liquid) by slowly breathing out through the liquid
Noun
1. the liquid used for gargling
2. the act or sound of gargling [Old French gargouille throat]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.garglegargle - a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth
solution - a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; "he used a solution of peroxide and water"
2.gargle - the sound produced while gargling
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
Verb1.gargle - utter with gargling or burbling sounds
let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
2.gargle - rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash; "gargle with this liquid"
lave, wash - cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
Translations
Spanish gargle [ˈgɑːgl] vihacer gárgaras, gargarear (LAM)
French gargle [ˈgɑːgl] vise gargariser
ngargarisme m

German gargle [ˈgɑːgl] vigurgeln
nGurgelwasser nt

Italian gargle [ˈgɑːgl] vifare gargarismi

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She suffered--she told me it was a Moultrie castemark--from some obscure form of chronic bronchitis, complicated with spasm of the glottis; and, in a dead, flat voice, with a sunken eye that looked and saw not, told me what washes, gargles, pastilles, and inhalations she had proved most beneficial.
 
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