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guz·zle  (gzl)
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.]

guzzler n.

guzzle
Verb
[-zling, -zled] to eat or drink quickly or greedily: the guests guzzled their way through squid with mushrooms [origin unknown]

Guzzle of Aldermen.
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Verb1.guzzle - drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"
drink, imbibe - take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"

guzzle
verb devour, drink, bolt, wolf, cram, gorge, gobble, knock back (informal) swill, quaff, tope, pig out on (slang) stuff yourself with
Translations
Spanish guzzle [ˈgʌzl] vitragar
vtengullir

French guzzle [ˈgʌzl] vis'empiffrer
vtavaler gloutonnement

German guzzle [ˈgʌzl] vt (food) → futtern;
(drink) → saufen (inf)

Italian guzzle [ˈgʌzl] vigozzovigliare

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To tipple, booze, swill, soak, guzzle, lush, bib, or swig.
The soldiers smoke, guzzle, and get drunk; they are gentle as lambs if you only give them brandy or Moselle, but scholars, and drink, smoke, and fuddle -- ah, yes, that's altogether different.
Now, the design of your creation is--not that you should swill, and guzzle, and associate your enjoyments, brutally, with food; Toby thought remorsefully of the tripe; 'but that you should feel the Dignity of Labour.
 
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