"guzzle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡʌzəl/ Audio: en-us-guzzle.ogg [US] Forms: guzzles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌzəl Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|gouziller}} Old French gouziller, {{m|fro|gosillier||to pass through the throat}} gosillier (“to pass through the throat”), {{m|fro|gosier||throat}} gosier (“throat”), {{ncog|it|gozzo||throat; a bird's crop}} Italian gozzo (“throat; a bird's crop”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} guzzle (plural guzzles)
  1. (dated, uncountable) Drink; intoxicating liquor. Tags: dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-guzzle-en-noun-iV5WQHWH
  2. (dated) A drinking bout; a debauch. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-guzzle-en-noun-NKt1GA3h
  3. (dated) An insatiable thing or person. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-guzzle-en-noun-w6nXvgnw
  4. (obsolete, British, provincial) A drain or ditch; a gutter; sometimes, a small stream. Also called guzzen. Tags: British, obsolete
    Sense id: en-guzzle-en-noun-N2HDpn98 Categories (other): British English
  5. The throat.
    Sense id: en-guzzle-en-noun-copS1XIa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: guzle, guzzel

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɡʌzəl/ Audio: en-us-guzzle.ogg [US] Forms: guzzles [present, singular, third-person], guzzling [participle, present], guzzled [participle, past], guzzled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌzəl Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|gouziller}} Old French gouziller, {{m|fro|gosillier||to pass through the throat}} gosillier (“to pass through the throat”), {{m|fro|gosier||throat}} gosier (“throat”), {{ncog|it|gozzo||throat; a bird's crop}} Italian gozzo (“throat; a bird's crop”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} guzzle (third-person singular simple present guzzles, present participle guzzling, simple past and past participle guzzled)
  1. To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto. Translations (to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously): أَسْرَفَ فِي اَلشَّرَاب (ʔasrafa fī š-šarāb) (Arabic), nugo (Biatah Bidayuh), наливам се (nalivam se) (Bulgarian), 暴飲 (Chinese Mandarin), 暴饮 (bàoyǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), chlemtat [imperfective] (Czech), trinkegi (Esperanto), engloutir (French), siffler du vin [informal] [wine, oenology, beverages, food, lifestyle] (French), bouffer [informal] (French), saufen (english: drink) (German), verschlingen (english: eat) (German), trangugiare (Italian), ingurgitare (Italian), ガブガブ飲む (gabugabu-nomu) (Japanese), menggelogok (Malay), karapetau (Maori), жа́дно пить (žádno pitʹ) (Russian), пить с жа́дностью (pitʹ s žádnostʹju) (Russian), дуть (dutʹ) (english: to drink long and a lot) [imperfective, informal] (Russian), ло̀кати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), lòkati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), engullir (eat voraciuosly) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-guzzle-en-verb-uCjegvBz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 3 9 0 35 15 33 Disambiguation of 'to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously': 59 13 28
  2. (intransitive, dated) To consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually. Tags: dated, intransitive Translations (to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually): chlastat (Czech), lemtat [imperfective] (Czech), saufen (German), буха́ть (buxátʹ) [slang, vulgar] (Russian), supa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-guzzle-en-verb-QUatSSKf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 3 9 0 35 15 33 Disambiguation of 'to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually': 7 79 14
  3. (by extension) To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst. Tags: broadly Translations ((by extension) to consume anything greedily): тъпча се (tǎpča se) (Bulgarian), bouffer [informal] (French), schlucken (english: gas) (German), karapetau (Maori), пожира́ть (požirátʹ) (Russian), опустоши́ть (opustošítʹ) (alt: about запа́сы еды́) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-guzzle-en-verb-JcHH0t8C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 3 9 0 35 15 33 Disambiguation of '(by extension) to consume anything greedily': 23 28 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: guzle, guzzel Synonyms (to drink quickly, voraciously): swig, swill Derived forms: guzzler, guzzly Related terms: guttle, guddle
Disambiguation of 'to drink quickly, voraciously': 50 2 47

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes",
          "text": "A comparison more properly bestowed on those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar.",
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          "ref": "1684, Roscommon, Essay on Translated Verse",
          "text": "Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who, while she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise.",
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          "ref": "1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians",
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          "sense": "to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually",
          "word": "chlastat"
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          "word": "saufen"
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          "note": "пья́нствовать (pʹjánstvovatʹ) (drink alcohol excessively)",
          "sense": "to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually"
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          "roman": "buxátʹ",
          "sense": "to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually",
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          "text": "This car just guzzles petrol."
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          "text": "2004, Mike Rigby, quoted in The Freefoam Roofline Report, http://michaelrigbyassociates.com/pages/research/quarterly/readreport35166.htm\nChina continues full steam ahead and the Americans continue to guzzle fuel, while supply becomes restricted."
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          "english": "gas",
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          "word": "schlucken"
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          "word": "karapetau"
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          "roman": "požirátʹ",
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          "word": "пожира́ть"
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          "text": "Where squander'd away the tiresome minutes of your evening leisure over seal'd Winchesters of threepenny guzzle! — Tom Brown"
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          "ref": "1684, Roscommon, Essay on Translated Verse",
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          "ref": "1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians",
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          "text": "2004, Mike Rigby, quoted in The Freefoam Roofline Report, http://michaelrigbyassociates.com/pages/research/quarterly/readreport35166.htm\nChina continues full steam ahead and the Americans continue to guzzle fuel, while supply becomes restricted."
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      "word": "أَسْرَفَ فِي اَلشَّرَاب"
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      "word": "nugo"
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      "sense": "to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously",
      "word": "наливам се"
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      "word": "暴飲"
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      "sense": "to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously",
      "word": "暴饮"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously",
      "word": "trinkegi"
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      "word": "engloutir"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously",
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      "topics": [
        "wine",
        "oenology",
        "beverages",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "siffler du vin"
    },
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      "sense": "to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously",
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      "word": "saufen"
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      "word": "verschlingen"
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      "word": "trangugiare"
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      "word": "ingurgitare"
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      "word": "ガブガブ飲む"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "word": "menggelogok"
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      "word": "karapetau"
    },
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      "sense": "to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously",
      "word": "жа́дно пить"
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      "word": "engullir (eat voraciuosly)"
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      "word": "chlastat"
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      "word": "saufen"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "note": "пья́нствовать (pʹjánstvovatʹ) (drink alcohol excessively)",
      "sense": "to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "буха́ть"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "supa"
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "gas",
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      "word": "schlucken"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "пожира́ть"
    },
    {
      "alt": "about запа́сы еды́",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opustošítʹ",
      "sense": "(by extension) to consume anything greedily",
      "word": "опустоши́ть"
    }
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}

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          "ref": "1623, W. Whately, Bride Bush",
          "text": "This is all one thing as if hee should goe about to jussle her into some filthy stinking guzzle or ditch.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A drain or ditch; a gutter; sometimes, a small stream. Also called guzzen."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drain",
          "drain"
        ],
        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ],
        [
          "gutter",
          "gutter"
        ],
        [
          "stream",
          "stream"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "provincial",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, British, provincial) A drain or ditch; a gutter; sometimes, a small stream. Also called guzzen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The throat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "throat",
          "throat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡʌzəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌzəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-guzzle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/En-us-guzzle.ogg/En-us-guzzle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/En-us-guzzle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "guzle"
    },
    {
      "word": "guzzel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "guzzle"
}

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