gargled
Swished then expelled
Gargled is the past tense of gargle—to rinse the throat by holding liquid in the back of the mouth and agitating it with exhaled air, producing a bubbling sound.
The practice is typically medicinal: She gargled with salt water for her sore throat.
Figuratively, a voice that sounds gargled has a wet, throaty quality.
Liquid for gargling clean
- rinseWash without scrubbing
- ListerineAntiseptic oral rinse brand
- antisepticMicrobe-killing substance
- swishSoft rushing sound
spit · sink · bathroom · morning · routine · freshness · breath · bacteria
Ocean water, chemically speaking
- sore throatIrritated, aching airway
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- strepThroat infection, informally
tonsillitis · inflammation · relief · saline · warm · healing · treatment · prescription
mouthwash
Liquid for gargling clean
- rinseWash without scrubbing
- ListerineAntiseptic oral rinse brand
- antisepticMicrobe-killing substance
swish · spit · sink · bathroom · morning · routine · freshness · breath · bacteria · oral
saltwater
Ocean water, chemically speaking
- sore throatIrritated, aching airway
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
strep · tonsillitis · inflammation · relief · saline · warm · healing · treatment · prescription · antiseptic
gurgled
Made bubbly water sounds
- bubbledReleased gas in liquid
- splutteredSpoke confusedly, with spraying
- sputteredSpoke in fragments
choked · drowned · underwater · throaty · raspy · noise · burbled · gasped · strangled · croaked
- salt water gargleOral antiseptic swish