Guzzle Definition

gŭzəl
guzzled, guzzles, guzzling
verb
To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or immoderately.
Webster's New World
To consume to excess.
A car that guzzles gas.
American Heritage
To drink, especially alcoholic beverages, greedily or habitually.
American Heritage

(dated) A drinking bout; a debauch.

Wiktionary
(dated) An insatiable thing or person.
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Origin of Guzzle

  • 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”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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