🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

gurgeln

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gur-geln

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gargle/ˈɡɑːr.ɡəl/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er hat mit Salzwasser gegurgelt, um seinen Hals zu beruhigen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To wash or rinse the throat and mouth with a liquid that is held in the back of the throat and is forced out with a bubbling sound.

    "She gargled with salt water to soothe her sore throat."
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of gargling.

    "A gargle of warm salt water can help relieve throat irritation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'gargle' originates from the late Middle English term 'gargulen', which is derived from the Latin 'gurgulio', meaning 'throat'. The term evolved to describe the action of washing the throat with a liquid, often for medicinal purposes.

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