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Gargling

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

📖 Definitions of "Gargling"

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

    The act of one who gargles.

    "The dentist recommended regular garglings with mouthwash."

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