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guzzle

/ˈɡʌzəl/

noun

Meaning

  • Drink; intoxicating liquor.

  • A drinking bout; a debauch.

  • An insatiable thing or person.

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

  • The throat

verb

Meaning

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

  • To consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually.

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

    "This car just guzzles petrol."

Synonyms

swig,
swill