guttle

Meaning

Verb

1. (UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive) Often followed by down or up: to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble, to guzzle.
2. (UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To eat voraciously; to gorge.

Noun

1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) An act of swallowing voraciously.
2. (UK, archaic, dialectal) One who eats voraciously; a glutton.
3. (UK, archaic, dialectal, obsolete, rare) Something which is eaten voraciously.

Synonyms

raven

devour

guzzle

pig

🐖

satiate

tuck away

wolf

🐺

wolf down

scarf out

shovel in

bolt

garbage down

bolt down

engulf

gobble

Translations

schrokken

divorare

devorar

tragar

sich überessen

verschlingen

endrapar

sich voll fressen

fressen

🍽️

nachsichtig behandeln

übermäßig fröhnen

zu viel genießen

zu nachsichtig sein mit

allzu freien Lauf lassen

sich überfressen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡʌtl̩/

Etymology

The verb is possibly derived from gut (“belly”) + -le (frequentative suffix), perhaps influenced by guzzle (“to drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto”).
The noun is derived from the verb.