gargle.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
Every morning he gargled a little cheap Scotch.
To perform oral sex on (a person or genitals).
Where this word comes from
From French gargouiller (“to gargle”), from Old French gargouille, gargole (“gutter, throat”). Compare gargoyle and Spanish garganta. Displaced non-native Middle English gargargisen (“to gargle”) from Latin, and native Old English swillan (“to gargle”) (ancestor of English swill).
A liquid used for gargling.
The sound or act of gargling.
Lager or other alcoholic drink.
Where this word comes from
From French gargouiller (“to gargle”), from Old French gargouille, gargole (“gutter, throat”). Compare gargoyle and Spanish garganta. Displaced non-native Middle English gargargisen (“to gargle”) from Latin, and native Old English swillan (“to gargle”) (ancestor of English swill).
Obsolete form of gargoyle.
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