<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) 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.</li><li>(used with object) to gargle (the throat or mouth).</li><li>to utter with a gargling sound.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>any liquid used for gargling.</li><li>a gargling sound.</li></ul>