gargle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gar·gle1 /ˈɡɑːɡəl $ ˈɡɑːr-/ verb [intransitive] MHDto clean the inside of your mouth and throat by blowing air through water or medicine in the back of your throat 漱口，漱喉gargle with Gargling with salt water may help your sore throat. 用盐水漱口可能对你的喉咙痛有好处。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
gargle• Last year in London's Kilburn National he gargled his way through an entire set with a bad throat infection.• The ad promises that gargling mouthwash will freshen your breath and kill germs.• After gargling on her phlegm for a while, she began to choke.• Her dentures grin at her, gargling water on the mantelpiece.• I closed my mouth and felt as though I had gargled with barbed wire.gargle2 noun 1. [countable, uncountable]MH liquid that you gargle with 漱口液 SYN mouthwash2. a gargle the act of gargling 漱口，漱喉Examples from the Corpus
gargle• It cried out in response; a bellowing gargle of pain and hate and recognition.• They were only shadows making stifled noises, moans, squeaks, the final desperate gargle.• The words were a faint gargle, unknowable.• A saline solution is handy as a useful eye-bath or anti-septic gargle.Origin gargle1 (1500-1600) French gargouiller, from Old French gargouille; → GARGOYLEgar·gle1 verbgargle2 nounChineseSyllable
Corpus the to clean mouth your of inside
gargle
gar‧gle1 /ˈɡɑːɡəl $ ˈɡɑːr-/ 
verb [intransitive] to clean the inside of your mouth and throat by blowing air through water or medicine in the back of your throat
gargle with
Gargling with salt water may help your sore throat.
gargle2 noun
1. [uncountable and countable] liquid that you gargle with
SYN mouthwash
2. a gargle the act of gargling
| I |
verb [intransitive] to clean the inside of your mouth and throat by blowing air through water or medicine in the back of your throatgargle with
| II |
noun1. [uncountable and countable] liquid that you gargle with
SYN mouthwash
2. a gargle the act of gargling