gargle

/ˈɡɑɹɡəl/

noun

  1. 1

    A liquid used for gargling

  2. 2

    The sound of gargling

  3. 3

    Lager, drink

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    To make a sound like the one made while gargling

  3. 3

    To clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth)

  4. 4

    To use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.

    Every morning he gargled a little cheap Scotch.

noun

  1. 1

    A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.

  2. 2

    Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.

  3. 3

    A fictional winged monster.

  4. 4

    An ugly woman.

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