Usually means: Rinsing liquid for throat hygiene.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word gargles:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. gargles: Merriam-Webster
  2. gargles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gargles: Vocabulary.com
  4. gargles: Wordnik
  5. gargles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. gargles: Wiktionary
  7. gargles: Dictionary.com
  8. gargles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. gargles: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

(Note: See gargle as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gargle)

verb:  (intransitive) to clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs
verb:  (intransitive) to make a sound like the one made while gargling
verb:  (transitive) to clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth)
verb:  (transitive) to use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.
verb:  (slang, transitive) to perform oral sex on (a person or genitals).
noun:  A liquid used for gargling.
noun:  (countable) The sound or act of gargling.
noun:  (slang, countable, uncountable) Lager or other alcoholic drink.
noun:  Obsolete form of gargoyle. [A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.]
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