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guttle¹

  • /ˈɡʌtl̩/ UK
  • /ˈɡʌt(ə)l/ US
  • [-ɾ(ə)l] US

Rhymes with -ʌtəl

Where it comes from

The verb is possibly derived from gut (“belly”) + -le (frequentative suffix), perhaps influenced by guzzle (“to drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

verb guttles · guttling · guttled

  1. UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive Often followed by down or up: to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble, to guzzle. VVhy a Hot Iron vvould have Hiſs'd if you had but Spit upon't. The Fool carry'd this Philoſophy avvay vvith him, and took an Occaſion aftervvard to Spit in his Porridge, to try if they'd Hiſs. They did not Hiſs it ſeems, and ſo he Guttled 'em up, and Scalt his Chops.

    Similar: ingurgitate, scarf, scoff, wolf down, eat, have, fret

  2. UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive To eat voraciously; to gorge. One, Frugal, on his Birth-Day fears to dine: / Does at a Penny's coſt in Herbs repine, / And hardly dares to dip his Fingers in the Brine. / Prepar'd as Prieſt of his ovvn Rites, to ſtand, / He ſprinkles Pepper vvith a ſparing hand. / His Jolly Brother, oppoſite in ſence, / Laughs at his Thrift; and

    Similar: gormandize

noun guttles

  1. UK, archaic, dialectal An act of swallowing voraciously. The top of the great stained glass windows at each end of the hall, are cut off to accommodate a new flat plaster roof;—the old Gothic one, with its rich groining and carved work, could not be renewed but at the expense of at least two guttles!
  2. UK, archaic, dialectal One who eats voraciously; a glutton. [P]lague tak the greedy guttles, I wish they wud gie ae meal, out o' the five, to their head.

    Similar: gorger, gourmandizer, guttler, animal, belly-god, big back, buzgut, cormorant, dog, epicure, gannet, glutton

  3. UK, archaic, dialectal, obsolete, rare Something which is eaten voraciously. And can you paſs by money fixed in mud, / Nor ſvvallovv vvith your guttle mercurial ſpittle?

guttle²

  • /ˈɡʌtl̩/ UK
  • /ˈɡʌt(ə)l/ US
  • [-ɾ(ə)l] US

Rhymes with -ʌtəl

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Scots guttle, from gut (“to eviscerate”) + -le (frequentative suffix).

verb guttles · guttling · guttled

  1. Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive To remove the guts or entrails from (a person or an animal); to disembowel, to eviscerate, to gut.

guttle³

  • /ˈɡʌtl̩/ UK
  • /ˈɡʌt(ə)l/ US
  • [-ɾ(ə)l] US

Rhymes with -ʌtəl

Where it comes from

Origin unknown; possibly imitative of water bubbling or gurgling.

verb guttles · guttling · guttled

  1. Northern England, UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive To make a bubbling sound; to gurgle.

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@misc{guttle_2026,
  title = {guttle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guttle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}