† ˈgargalize, v. Obs. rare.
[var. gargarize, prob. due to confusion with gargle.]
To gargle.
| 1605 Marston Dutch Courtezan iii. i. E ij a, Ile gargalize my throate with this Vintner, and when I have don with him, spit him out. 1611 Cotgr., Gargarizer, to gargle, to gargalize [sic: but under all the related words (5 instances) Cotgr. uses the form gargarize]. |