Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - gargle
Gargle
gargle
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) wash (one's mouth and throat), esp. for medicinal purposes, with a liquid kept in motion by breathing through it. 2 intr. make a sound as when doing this. --n. 1 a liquid used for gargling. 2 sl. an alcoholic drink. Etymology: F gargouiller f. gargouille: see GARGOYLE
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I. verb (~d; gargling) Etymology: Middle French gargouiller, of imitative origin Date: 1527 transitive verb 1. to hold (a liquid) in the mouth or throat and agitate with air from the lungs, to cleanse or disinfect (the oral cavity) in this manner, to utter with a gargling sound, intransitive verb to use a ~, to speak or sing as if gargling, II. noun Date: 1629 a liquid used in gargling, a sound of or like that of gargling ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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