gargling
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
The act of one who gargles.
“The dentist recommended regular garglings with mouthwash.”
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