gargle

When “Saturday Night Live” returns this week, we’re likely to see him incarnated by the comedian James Austin Johnson, who uncannily recreates Mr. Trump’s fragmentary locutions and deteriorating speaking voice as it whipsaws from a bellow to a gargle to a whisper.

I had just finished brushing my teeth and was about to gargle, so I went ahead and gargled.

I’ve had hiccups several times since then and have discovered that a quick gargle with water absolutely stops them.

"I'm now going to go home and gargle some honey."

Some research has shown that using a turmeric gargle could reduce the side effects of radiotherapy in people with head and neck cancers, however.