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Gargle

verb
(past & past part. garggled, pres. part. gargling)
1.
Utter with gargling or burbling sounds.
2.
Rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash.  Synonym: rinse.
noun
1.
A medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth.  Synonym: mouthwash.
2.
The sound produced while gargling.





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"Gargle" Quotes from Famous Books



... moment a high hum came from the speaker. Through it I could hear harsh chopping consonants, a whining intonation. I doubted that Mannion would be able to make anything of that gargle. ...
— Greylorn • John Keith Laumer
... A few grains of powder of bark frequently put into the mouth, and gradually diffused over the fauces. A gargle ...
— Zoonomia, Vol. II - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin
... sniff, Seem to contemplate doing a guy, brace their legs, keep their hupper lips stiff; Take their tickets, walk up to the counter, assumin' a sham sort of bounce, And ask, shame-faced like, for their gargle, 'as p'r'aps ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, Sep. 24, 1892 • Various
... A gargle of sulphur and water has been used with much success in cases of diphtheria. Let the patient swallow a little of the mixture. Or, when you discover that your throat is a little sore, bind a strip of flannel around the throat, wet in camphor, and ...
— The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) - The Whole Comprising A Comprehensive Cyclopedia Of Information For - The Home • Mrs. F.L. Gillette
... may be made by dissolving half a teaspoonful of chlorate of potash in a cupful of warm water. Gargle the throat with this every hour or two during the day, but do not swallow the mixture. After this has been used for a day or two, then a solution may be made by adding a teaspoonful of pulverized alum to a cupful of warm water; this is applied to the inflamed sides ...
— Treatise on the Diseases of Women • Lydia E. Pinkham


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