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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gar•gle /ˈgɑrgəl/USA pronunciation v., -gled, -gling, n. v. [no object] - 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).
n. [countable* usually singular] - a liquid used for gargling.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gar•gle (gär′gəl),USA pronunciation v., -gled, -gling, n. v.i. - 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.
v.t. - to gargle (the throat or mouth).
- to utter with a gargling sound.
n. - any liquid used for gargling.
- a gargling sound.
- Middle French gargouiller to gargle, rattle the throat, derivative of gargouille throat; perh. imitative
- 1520–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gargle /ˈɡɑːɡəl/ vb - to rinse (the mouth and throat) with a liquid, esp a medicinal fluid by slowly breathing out through the liquid
- to utter (words, sounds, etc) with the throaty bubbling noise of gargling
n - the liquid used for gargling
- the sound produced by gargling
- Brit informal an alcoholic drink: what was her favourite gargle?
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French gargouiller to gargle, make a gurgling sound, from gargouille throat, perhaps of imitative originˈgargler n |