guzzle

[ guhz-uhl ]
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verb (used with or without object),guz·zled, guz·zling.
  1. to drink, or sometimes eat, greedily, frequently, or plentifully: They spent the whole night guzzling beer.

noun
  1. South Midland and Southern U.S. gozzle.

Origin of guzzle

1
First recorded in 1570–80; origin uncertain

Other words for guzzle

Other words from guzzle

  • guzzler, noun
  • un·guz·zled, adjective

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How to use guzzle in a sentence

  • Anyhow, it was better than the existence of those fellows at sea-shore and mountain, who gorged and guzzled their summer away.

    Visionaries | James Huneker
  • Some fifty persons, the ban and arrière ban of the relations of the young couple, guzzled in a wedged and weltering mass.

    The Belovd Vagabond | William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for guzzle

guzzle

/ (ˈɡʌzəl) /


verb
  1. to consume (food or drink) excessively or greedily

Origin of guzzle

1
C16: of unknown origin

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