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Meaning of guzzle

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

guzzle

Pronunciation:/ˈɡʌzəl/

noun

Definitions

  1. Drink; intoxicating liquor.

  2. A drinking bout; a debauch.

  3. An insatiable thing or person.

  4. (provincial) A drain or ditch; a gutter; sometimes, a small stream. Also called guzzen.

verb

Definitions

  1. To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.

  2. To consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually.

  3. (by extension) To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst.

    Example: This car just guzzles petrol.