gargle
/ˈɡɑɹɡəl/
noun
- 1
A liquid used for gargling
- 2
The sound of gargling
- 3
Lager, drink
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verb
- 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
To make a sound like the one made while gargling
- 3
To clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth)
- 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
A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
- 2
Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
- 3
A fictional winged monster.
- 4
An ugly woman.
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