guz·zle

(gŭz′əl)

v. guz·zled, guz·zling, guz·zles

v.tr.

1. To drink greedily or habitually: guzzle beer.

2. To consume to excess: a car that guzzles gas.

v.intr.

To drink, especially alcoholic beverages, greedily or habitually.

[Origin unknown.]

guz′zler n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

guzzler

(ˈɡʌzlə)

1. a person or thing that guzzles

2. (in combination): a gas-guzzler.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	guzzler - someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages); "he's a beer guzzler every night" imbiber, juicer, toper, drinker - a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
	2.	guzzler - a drinker who swallows large amounts greedily gulper drinker - a person who drinks liquids

Translations

bambocheur

crapulone

guzzler

[ˈgʌzləʳ] N → tragon/ona m/f, comilón/ona m/f
see also gas D

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

guzzler

n (inf: = eater) → Fresser(in) m(f) (inf pej); (= drinker) → Säufer(in) m(f) (inf pej)

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