GARGLE
\ɡˈɑːɡə͡l], \ɡˈɑːɡəl], \ɡ_ˈɑː_ɡ_əl]\
Definitions of GARGLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs.
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To warble; to sing as if gargling
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A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect.
By Oddity Software
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To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs.
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To warble; to sing as if gargling
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A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect.
By Noah Webster.
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A medicinal liquid for washing the throat.
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To wash, as the throat, with a medicinal liquid, not swallowed, but kept in the throat by breathing out.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make a liquid gurgle or bubble in the throat, without swallowing it: to wash the throat, preventing the liquid from going down by expelling air against it.
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A preparation for washing the throat.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald