Crossword clues for gargle
gargle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gargoyle \Gar"goyle\, n. [OE. garguilie, gargouille, cf. Sp. g['a]rgola, prob. fr. the same source as F. gorge throat, influenced by L. gargarizare to gargle. See Gorge and cf. Gargle, Gargarize.] (Arch.) A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely. [Written also gargle, gargyle, and gurgoyle.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from Middle French gargouiller "to gurgle, bubble" (14c.), from Old French gargole "throat, waterspout," which is perhaps from garg-, imitative of throat sounds, + *goule, dialect word for "mouth," from Latin gula "throat." Related: Gargled; gargling. The earlier, native, form of the word was Middle English gargarize (early 15c.), from Latin gargarizare, from Greek gargarizein.
1650s, "liquid used in gargling," from gargle (v.).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 a liquid used for gargling 2 the sound of gargling 3 (context slang English) lager, drink vb. 1 (context intransitive English) 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 (context intransitive English) to make a sound like the one made while gargling 3 (context transitive English) to clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always ''throat'' or ''mouth'') 4 (context transitive English) to use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling. Etymology 2
n. (obsolete form of gargoyle English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "gargle".
He had shaved, gargled with a sharp mouth-wash, and now, in a battered black and white dogtooth suit, dark blue Sea Island cotton shirt and black silk knitted tie, he was walking softly, but not surreptitiously, along the corridor to the head of the stairs, the, square leather case in his left hand.
He gargled frothily, and then screamed - high and shrill, like a tortured woman.
The orcs spoke among themselves in a grunting, gargling language that sounded like someone choking.
The need to see everyone at the same level, gargling in the same ratrace choir, to paraphrase Dylan.
I make gargling noises until I go absolutely completely stark raving drooling babbling mad.
Their stomachs growled like a nightmarish chorus of spirits gargling ectoplasm in the moonlight.
One taan started to make a gargling sound in his throat and then another and another and soon all joined in.
Down in Australia however, the hastily appointed French translator to Parliament was having trouble convincing the government that this new radio gargling was a jamming field of some kind and not an obscure form of the Gaulic tongue.
She liked the Schnitz, and she let me kiss her without the Listerine like the blondie made me gargle.
Irwin Barrows was sitting hunched forward, anxiously watching the motionless, gargling old woman.
Sean tickled Duffs lips with the tassel of his dressinggown cord, Duff's nose twitched and his snores gargled into silence.
He gargles with camomile tea, coats the roof of his mouth with a tincture of myrrh and rubs Mentholatum over his chest, nose, gums and tongue.
An infusion of the seeds will relieve chronic bronchitis and confirmed rheumatism, and for a relaxed sore throat a gargle of Mustard Seed Tea will be found of service.
In the time it took Sophie to sew ten more blue triangles Michael ran upstairs with lemon and honey, with a particular book, with cough mixture, with a spoon to take the cough mixture with, and then with nose drops, throat pastilles, gargle, pen, paper, three more books, and an infusion of willow bark.
I shaved, sprayed on some deodorant, ferreted some food particles out of my teeth with dental floss, then sandblasted with the electric toothbrush and gargled with mouth wash.