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noun
An act of swallowing voraciously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal
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noun
One who eats voraciously; a glutton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal
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Synonyms: gorger, gourmandizer, guttler, belly-god, buzgut, cormorant, epicure, gannet, glutton, gourmand, gormandizer, greedyguts, guttle, hog, Homer Simpson, helluo, pig, slow belly, trencherman
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noun
Something which is eaten voraciously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal, obsolete, rare
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verb
Often followed by down or up: to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble, to guzzle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive
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Synonyms: ingurgitate, scarf, scoff, wolf down, eat, have, fret
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verb
To eat voraciously; to gorge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive
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Synonyms: gormandize
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To remove the guts or entrails from (a person or an animal); to disembowel, to eviscerate, to gut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive
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verb
To make a bubbling sound; to gurgle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
eat greedily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: devour, raven, pig
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eat
History
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.
Borrowed from Scots guttle, from gut (“to eviscerate”) + -le (frequentative suffix).
Origin unknown; possibly imitative of water bubbling or gurgling.
