gas-guzzler

[gas-guhz-ler]

gas-guz·zler

[gas-guhz-ler]
noun Informal.
an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively few miles per gallon.
Also, gas guzzler.


Origin:
1975–80

gas-guz·zling, adjective
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Gas-guzzler is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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gas-guzzler definition


  1. n.
    a large automobile that uses much gasoline. : The old gas-guzzlers were certainly comfortable.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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