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Meaning of gargling

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

gargling

verb

Definitions

  1. 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

  2. To make a sound like the one made while gargling

  3. To clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth)

  4. To use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.

    Example: Every morning he gargled a little cheap Scotch.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of one who gargles.

    Example: The dentist recommended regular garglings with mouthwash.