gargle
noun/ˈɡɑːɡl/
/ˈɡɑːrɡl/
- [countable, uncountable] a liquid used for gargling
- an antiseptic gargle
- [singular] an act of gargling or a sound like that made when gargling
- to have a gargle with salt water
- a bellowing gargle of pain
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French gargouiller ‘gurgle, bubble’, from gargouille ‘throat’; related to Greek gargarizein ‘to gargle’ (imitating the sounds made in the throat).
Check pronunciation:
gargle