Meaning

noun a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth

noun the sound produced while gargling

verb utter with gargling or burbling sounds

originFrom French gargouiller (“to gargle”), from Old French gargouille, gargole (“gutter, throat”). Compare gargoyle and Spanish garganta. Displaced non-native Middle English gargargisen (“to gargle”) from Latin, and native Old English swillan (“to gargle”) (ancestor of English swill).

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