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Gargle   Listen
verb
Gargle  v. t.  (past & past part. garggled, pres. part. gargling)  
1.
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.
2.
To warble; to sing as if gargling (Obs.)





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"Gargle" Quotes from Famous Books



... head, and the maid retired. "Go away, Olga," said the Archduchess. "And you might," she suggested grimly, "gargle ...
— Long Live the King • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... gamo. Gander anserviro. Gang bando. Ganglion ganglio. Gangrene gangreno. Gaol malliberejo. Gaoler gardisto. Gap brecxo. Gap manko. Gape oscedegi. Garb vesto. Garden gxardeno. Gardener gxardenisto. Gardenia gardenio. Gardening gxardenlaborado. Gargle gargari. Gargle gargarajxo. Garland girlando. Garlic ajlo. Garment vesto. Garner provizi. Garnish ornami. Garniture garnituro. Garret subtegmento. Garrison garnizono. Garrote cxirkauxligi. Garter sxtrumpligilo. Gas ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes
... welcomer, never was any more courteously and graciously received than Friar John. Come, come, said Gargantua, a stool here close by me at this end. I am content, said the monk, seeing you will have it so. Some water, page; fill, my boy, fill; it is to refresh my liver. Give me some, child, to gargle my throat withal. Deposita cappa, said Gymnast, let us pull off this frock. Ho, by G—, gentlemen, said the monk, there is a chapter in Statutis Ordinis which opposeth my laying of it down. Pish! said Gymnast, a fig for your chapter! This frock breaks both your ...
— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais


Words linked to "Gargle" :   utter, lave, emit, sound, rinse, let out, let loose, mouthwash, solution, wash


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