Definitions of gargle
British English : gargle If you gargle, you wash your mouth and throat by filling your mouth with a liquid, tipping your head back, and using your throat to blow bubbles through the liquid, and finally spitting it out. VERBTry gargling with salt water as soon as a cough begins.
verb
- to rinse (the mouth and throat) with a liquid, esp a medicinal fluid by slowly breathing out through the liquid
- to utter (words, sounds, etc) with the throaty bubbling noise of gargling
noun
- the liquid used for gargling
- the sound produced by gargling
- (British , informal ) an alcoholic drink ⇒ what was her favourite gargle?