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Gargle Throat Gargling Noun Liquid Salt Water Gar•Gle

Front gargle
Back gar•gle
verb, noun
BrE /ˈɡɑːɡl/
NAmE /ˈɡɑːrɡl/
verb

[intransitive] ~ (with sth)
to wash inside your mouth and throat by moving a liquid around at the back of your throat and then spitting it out

Gargle with salt water if your throat is sore.

noun

1 [countable, uncountable] a liquid used for gargling

an antiseptic gargle
2 [singular] an act of gargling or a sound like that made when gargling

to have a gargle with salt water
a bellowing gargle of pain

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