verb
guzzle
GUH-zuhl
verb
1
To drink or eat something quickly and greedily.
"He guzzled the entire bottle of water after the run."
"The kids guzzled down their juice before racing back outside."
2
To use up fuel or resources quickly and wastefully.
"That old truck guzzles petrol on the motorway."
How to Use Guzzle
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo gulp something down fast and in large amounts, or to burn through fuel wastefully.
Common pairings
guzzle petrol
guzzle a drink
gas-guzzling
Word Forms
guzzled past tense, guzzles plural, guzzles singular
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Etymology
Possibly imitative of the sound of eager drinking, or from Old French gosillier ("to pass through the throat"). First recorded in English in 1576.