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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GUZ'ZLE, v.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, n. An insatiable thing or person.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"

Merriam Webster's

verb (guzzled; guzzling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1567 intransitive verb to drink especially liquor greedily, continually, or habitually transitive verb 1. to drink greedily or habitually <guzzle beer> 2. consume, use up <devices that guzzle electricity> • guzzler noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. & intr. eat, drink, or consume excessively or greedily. Derivatives: guzzler n. Etymology: perh. f. OF gosiller chatter, vomit f. gosier throat

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Guzzle Guz"zle (g[u^]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Guzzled, p. pr. & vb. n. Guzzling.] [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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Guzzle Guz"zle, v. t. To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Guzzle Guz"zle, n. An insatiable thing or person. That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure. --Marston.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(guzzles, guzzling, guzzled) 1. If you guzzle something, you drink it or eat it quickly and greedily. (INFORMAL) Melissa had guzzled gin and tonics like they were lemonade. VERB: V n, also V 2. If you say that a vehicle guzzles fuel, you mean that it uses a lot of it in a way that is wasteful and unnecessary. The plane was deafeningly noisy, guzzled fuel, and left a trail of smoke. VERB: V n • -guzzling The boom of the 1980s led to a taste for petrol-guzzling cars. ...big energy-guzzling houses. COMB in ADJ: ADJ n see also gas guzzler

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. Drink (greedily or much), carouse, tipple, tope. II. v. a. Drink (greedily or much, quaff, swill, swig (Colloq.).

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Liquor. To guzzle; to drink greedily.

Moby Thesaurus

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