guzzle
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guzzle
- /ˈɡʌzəl/
Rhymes with -ʌzəl
Where it comes from
Probably imitative of the sound of drinking eagerly; or from Old French gouziller, gosillier (“to pass through the throat”), from gosier (“throat”), and akin to Italian gozzo (“throat; a bird's crop”). First attested in 1576.
verb guzzles · guzzling · guzzled · guzle · guzzel
- To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto. No more her care shall fill the hollow tray, / To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey.
- To consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually. A comparison more properly bestowed on those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar.
- To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst; often said of gas-powered vehicles. This car just guzzles petrol.
- To flow copiously; to spray out. Blood guzzled from the wound.
noun guzzles · guzle · guzzel
- Drink; intoxicating liquor. Where squander'd away the tiresome minutes of your evening leisure over seal'd Winchesters of threepenny guzzle! — Tom Brown
- A drinking bout; a debauch.
- An insatiable thing or person.
- A drain or ditch; a gutter; sometimes, a small stream. Also called guzzen. Means't thou that senseless, sensual epicure, / That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure?
- The throat.
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verb to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
| Español | engullir (eat voraciuosly) |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ガブガブ飲む gabugabu-nomu |
| 中文 | 暴飲 /暴饮 bàoyǐn |
| Français | engloutir, siffler du vin, bouffer |
| Deutsch | saufen, verschlingen |
| Italiano | trangugiare, ingurgitare |
| Русский | жа́дно пить žádno pitʹ, пить с жа́дностью pitʹ s žádnostʹju, дуть dutʹ |
| العربية | أَسْرَفَ فِي اَلشَّرَاب ʔasrafa fī š-šarāb |
verb to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually
| Deutsch | saufen |
|---|---|
| Русский | буха́ть buxátʹ |
verb (by extension) to consume anything greedily
| Français | bouffer |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | schlucken |
| Русский | пожира́ть požirátʹ, опустоши́ть opustošítʹ |
Talk about this word "guzzle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/guzzle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. guzzle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/guzzle "guzzle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/guzzle.Cite this
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title = {guzzle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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