— gargler , n.
/gahr"geuhl/ , v. , gargled, gargling , n.
v.i.
1. to wash or rinse the throat or mouth with a liquid held in the throat and kept in motion by a stream of air from the lungs.
v.t.
2. to gargle (the throat or mouth).
3. to utter with a gargling sound.
n.
4. any liquid used for gargling.
5. a gargling sound.
[ 1520-30; gargouiller to gargle, rattle the throat, deriv. of gargouille throat; perh. imit. ]