gargle
IPA: gˈɑrgʌɫ
noun
- A liquid used for gargling.
- (countable) The sound or act of gargling.
- (slang, countable, uncountable) Lager or other alcoholic drink.
- Obsolete form of gargoyle. [A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.]
verb
- (intransitive) 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
- (intransitive) to make a sound like the one made while gargling
- (transitive) to clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth)
- (transitive) to use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.
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Examples of "gargle" in Sentences
- I gargled after I ate it.
- I brushed my teeth, flossed, and gargled.
- I need to gargle my mouth with a fresh water.
- An extract of the leaves serves as a mouth gargle.
- Igglybuff tends to gargle with clear saltwater to soothe itself.
- An infusion of leaves was gargled, especially by children, for cankers.
- In herbalism, mallow is used as a gargle to treat mouth and throat ulcers.
- To me, Ladefoged's recording sounded more like a gargle than a uvular trill.