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Webster 1913 Edition

Guzzle

Guz′zle

(gŭz′z’l)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Guzzled
(gŭz′z’ld)
,
p. pr. & vb. n.
Guzzling
(gŭz′zlĭng)
.]
[OP.
gosillier
, prob. orig., to pass through the throat; akin to F.
gosier
throat; cf. It.
gozzo
a bird’s crop.]
To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.
Those that came to
guzzle
in his wine cellar.
Milton.
Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise,
Who, while she
guzzles
, chats the doctor's praise.
Roscommon.
To fat the
guzzling
hogs with floods of whey.
Gay.

Guz′zle

,
Verb.
T.
To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually;
as, one who
guzzles
beer
.
Dryden.

Guz′zle

,
Noun.
An insatiable thing or person.
That sink of filth, that
guzzle
most impure.
Marston.

Webster 1828 Edition

Guzzle

GUZ'ZLE

,
Verb.
I.
To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much; to drink frequently.
Well seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise,
Who, while she guzzles, chats the Doctor's praise.

GUZ'ZLE

. v.t. To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust.
--Still guzzling must of wine.

GUZ'ZLE

,
Noun.
An insatiable thing or person.

Definition 2024

guzzle

guzzle

English

Alternative forms

  • guzle
  • guzzel

Verb

guzzle ‎(third-person singular simple present guzzles, present participle guzzling, simple past and past participle guzzled)

  1. To drink (or, sometimes, eat) quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gust.
    They spent most of their college days guzzling beer.
  2. (intransitive, dated) To consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually.
    • 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes, Google Books
      A comparison more properly bestowed on those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar.
    • 1684, Roscommon, Essay on Translated Verse, Google Books
      Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who, while she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise.
    • 1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians, Google Books
      Every theatre had it's footman's gallery: […] they guzzled, devoured, debauched, cheated, played cards, bullied visitors for vails: […]
  3. (by extension) To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst.
    This car just guzzles petrol.
    • 2004, Mike Rigby, quoted in The Freefoam Roofline Report,
      China continues full steam ahead and the Americans continue to guzzle fuel, while supply becomes restricted.

Synonyms

  • (to drink quickly, voraciously): swig, swill

Translations

Derived terms

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Noun

guzzle ‎(plural guzzles)

  1. (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
  2. (dated) A drinking bout; a debauch.
  3. (dated) An insatiable thing or person.
  4. (obsolete, Britain, provincial) A drain or ditch; a gutter; sometimes, a small stream. Also called guzzen.
    • 1598, John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie Google Books
      Means't thou that senseless, sensual epicure, / That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure?
    • 1623, W. Whately, Bride Bush,
      This is all one thing as if hee should goe about to jussle her into some filthy stinking guzzle or ditch.
  5. The throat

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

  • Rhymes: -ʌzəl

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