guzzle
Signification (Anglais)
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- To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.
- To consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually.
- To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst; often said of gas-powered vehicles.
- To flow copiously; to spray out.
Concepts
Synonymes
eat greedily
drink to excess
scarf out
shovel in
garbage down
bolt down
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈɡʌzəl/
Étymologie (Anglais)
Attested since 1576. Possibly imitative of the sound of drinking greedily, or from Old French gouziller, gosillier (“to pass through the throat”), from gosier (“throat”), and akin to Italian gozzo (“throat; a bird's crop”).
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