gargle

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɡəl/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑɹɡəl/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɡɐːɡəl/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəl Homophone: goggle (non-rhotic, father-bother merger) === Etymology 1 === From French gargouiller (“to gargle”), from Old French gargouille, gargole (“gutter, throat”). Compare gargoyle and Spanish garganta. Displaced non-native Middle English gargargisen (“to gargle”) from Latin, and native Old English swillan (“to gargle”) (ancestor of English swill). ==== Verb ==== gargle (third-person singular simple present gargles, present participle gargling, simple past and past participle gargled) (intransitive) 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. (intransitive) To make a sound like the one made while gargling. (transitive) To clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth). (transitive) To use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling. (slang, transitive) To perform oral sex on (a person or genitals). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== gargle (countable and uncountable, plural gargles) A liquid used for gargling. (countable) The sound or act of gargling. (slang, countable, uncountable) Lager or other alcoholic drink. ===== Synonyms ===== mouthwash ===== Derived terms ===== brown gargle gargle-factory ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== gargle (plural gargles) Obsolete form of gargoyle. === Anagrams === gregal, lagger, raggle