gargle
To clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth…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.
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» I gargle three times a day.
Ich gurgele dreimal am Tag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я полощу горло три раза в день. — LanguagesLover
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5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Examples
12 sentencesI gargle three times a day.
ruЯ полощу горло три раза в день. — LanguagesLover
deIch gurgele dreimal am Tag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Gargling with salt water helps stop coughing.
ruПолоскание горла солёной водой помогает остановить кашель. — odexed
Tom gargles every day.
Meaning
5 senses(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.
gurgeln
полоска́тьpoloskátʹ, прополоска́тьpropoloskátʹ
(intransitive)To make a sound like the one made while gargling.
gurgeln
издава́ть бу́лькающий звукizdavátʹ búlʹkajuščij zvuk
utter with gargling or burbling sounds
(transitive)To use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.
Every morning he gargled a little cheap Scotch.
rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash
More meanings 2
(transitive)To clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth).
(slang, transitive)To perform oral sex on (a person or genitals).
Origin
From French gargouiller (“to gargle”), from Old French gargouille, gargole (“gutter, throaFrom 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).
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Forms
gargles, gargling, gargled, gargledTenses
gargle · gargled · will gargle · have gargledSynonyms
1 synonyms- rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash:rinse
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.