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guzzle

UK/ˈɡʌzəl/ US/ˈɡʌzʌl/ rare dated informal obsolete rare uk

verb

1.

drink greedily or as if with great thirst

  • “The boys guzzled the cheap vodka”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • glizzy guzzler
  • guzzle down
  • guzzle up

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