guzzle

== English == === Alternative forms === guzle, guzzel (both obsolete) === Etymology === Attested since 1576. Possibly imitative of the sound of drinking greedily, or from Old French gouziller, gosillier (“to pass through the throat”), from gosier (“throat”), and akin to Italian gozzo (“throat; a bird's crop”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡʌzəl/ Rhymes: -ʌzəl === Verb === guzzle (third-person singular simple present guzzles, present participle guzzling, simple past and past participle guzzled) To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto. (intransitive, dated) To consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually. (by extension) To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst; often said of gas-powered vehicles. 2004, Mike Rigby, quoted in The Freefoam Roofline Report, [5] China continues full steam ahead and the Americans continue to guzzle fuel, while supply becomes restricted. (rare) To flow copiously; to spray out. ==== Synonyms ==== (to drink quickly, voraciously): swig, swill ==== Derived terms ==== guzzledom guzzle down guzzle up guzzler guzzly unguzzled ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== guttle guddle === Noun === guzzle (plural guzzles) (dated, uncountable) Drink; intoxicating liquor. Where squander'd away the tiresome minutes of your evening leisure over seal'd Winchesters of threepenny guzzle! — Tom Brown (dated) A drinking bout; a debauch. (dated) An insatiable thing or person. (obsolete, British, provincial) A drain or ditch; a gutter; sometimes, a small stream. Also called guzzen. The throat.