Definition of "gargle" in inglés

verb

1. (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.

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

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

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

   • Every morning he gargled a little cheap Scotch.

5. (slang, transitive) To perform oral sex on (a person or genitals).

noun

1. A liquid used for gargling.

2. (countable) The sound or act of gargling.

3. (slang, countable, uncountable) Lager or other alcoholic drink.

noun

1. Obsolete form of gargoyle.