Gargle vs False - What's the difference?
gargle | false |
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
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a verb gargle
is 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.As a noun gargle
is a liquid used for gargling or gargle can be .As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.gargle
English
(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
* *false
English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}