Gargled vs Gurgled - What's the difference?
gargled | gurgled |
(gargle)
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
* 1915 , Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark :
to make a sound like the one made while gargling
to clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat'' or ''mouth )
* 1893 , Gilbert Parker, Mrs. Falchion :
to use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.
a liquid used for gargling
* 1861 , Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets :
the sound of gargling
(slang) lager, drink
(gurgle)
To flow with a bubbling sound.
* Young
To make such a sound.
A gurgling sound.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
As verbs the difference between gargled and gurgled
is that gargled is (gargle) while gurgled is (gurgle).gargled
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*gargle
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(Gargling)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Compare gargoyle.Verb
(gargl)- She hated the poisoned feeling in her throat, and no matter how often she gargled she felt unclean and disgusting.
- They don't gargle their throats with anything stronger than coffee at this tavern.
- Every morning he gargled a little cheap Scotch.
Noun
(en noun)- Take of borax 1 drm., tinc. of myrrh 1/2 oz., clarified honey 1 oz., rose or distilled water, 4 oz.; mix. To be used as a gargle or mouth wash in sore mouth or affection of the gums.
Synonyms
* mouthwashDerived terms
* gargle-factoryEtymology 2
Anagrams
* *gurgled
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Verb
(head)gurgle
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Verb
- The bath water gurgled down the drain.
- Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace, / And waste their music on the savage race.
- The baby gurgled with delight.
Noun
(en noun)- Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks.