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gar·gle
(gär′gəl)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.]
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gargle
(ˈɡɑːɡəl)vb
1. (Medicine) to rinse (the mouth and throat) with a liquid, esp a medicinal fluid by slowly breathing out through the liquid
2. to utter (words, sounds, etc) with the throaty bubbling noise of gargling
n
3. the liquid used for gargling
4. the sound produced by gargling
5. informal Brit an alcoholic drink: what was her favourite gargle?.
[C16: from Old French gargouiller to gargle, make a gurgling sound, from gargouille throat, perhaps of imitative origin]
ˈgargler n
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gar•gle
(ˈgɑr gəl)v. -gled, -gling,
n. v.i.
1. 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. 2. to gargle (the throat or mouth).
3. to utter with a gargling sound.
n. 4. any liquid used for gargling.
5. a gargling sound.
[1520–30; < Middle French gargouiller to gargle, rattle the throat, derivative of gargouille throat; perhaps imitative]
gar′gler, n.
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gargle
Past participle: gargled
Gerund: gargling
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Noun | 1. | gargle - 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" | |
Verb | 1. | gargle - utter with gargling or burbling sounds |
2. | gargle - rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash; "gargle with this liquid" |
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Translations
يُغَرْغِر
kloktatkloktadlo
gurgle
gargarizál
skola hálsinn
gargaliuotiskalauti gerklę
skalot
kloktať
gargara yapmak
gargle
[ˈgɑːgl]A. N (= sound) → gárgaras fpl; (= liquid) → gargarismo m
B. VI → hacer gárgaras, gargarear (LAm)
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gargle
(ˈgaːgl) verb 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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gar·gle
n. gargarización;
v. hacer gárgaras.
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gargle
vi hacer gárgarasEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.