Usually means: Swishing liquid in throat, cleansing.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. gargling: Merriam-Webster
  2. gargling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gargling: Vocabulary.com
  4. gargling: Wordnik
  5. gargling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. gargling: Wiktionary
  7. Gargling, gargling: Dictionary.com
  8. gargling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Gargling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Gargling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Gargling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. gargling: FreeDictionary.org
  13. gargling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gargling: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. gargling: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gargling: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gargling)

▸ noun:  The act of one who gargles.

Similar:
rinse, mouthwash, gargler, gulping, gurgling, gurgler, guggling, gargling fluid, gasping, swallow, more...

Opposite:
spitting, inhaling, exhaling, swallowing

Types:
mouthwash, hydrogen peroxide, salt water, baking soda, more...

Adjectives:
frequent, correct, simple, laryngeal, suggest, good, vigorous, gentle, ordinary



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Similar:
rinse, mouthwash, gargler, gulping, gurgling, gurgler, guggling, gargling fluid, gasping, swallow, more...

Opposite:
spitting, inhaling, exhaling, swallowing

Types:
mouthwash, hydrogen peroxide, salt water, baking soda, more...

Adjectives:
frequent, correct, simple, laryngeal, suggest, good, vigorous, gentle, ordinary



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