gargle

Other forms of gargle

plural

gargles·

past tense

gargled·

present participle

gargling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gargle

What does gargle mean?

gargle means "a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gargle?

gargle has 2 syllables: gar-gle. The stress falls on "gar".

What is another word for gargle?

Close synonyms include mouthwash, rinse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gargle a common word?

gargle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.