verb (used with or without object), guz·zled, guz·zling.
- to drink, or sometimes eat, greedily, frequently, or plentifully: They spent the whole night guzzling beer.
noun
- South Midland and Southern U.S. gozzle.
noun
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- a person or thing that guzzles
- (in combination)a gas-guzzler
verb
- to consume (food or drink) excessively or greedily
1704, agent noun from guzzle (v.).
1570s, probably related to Old French gosillier “to go down the gullet; to vomit, chatter, talk,” from gosier (13c.) “jaws, throat, gullet.” Or imitative of the sound of drinking greedily. Related: Guzzled; guzzling. As a noun from 1590s.