noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɡʌzəl/
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rhymes with -ʌzəl
CMU ARPABET:G AH1 Z AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Drink; intoxicating liquor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, uncountable
Examples
Where squander'd away the tiresome minutes of your evening leisure over seal'd Winchesters of threepenny guzzle! — Tom Brown
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A drinking bout; a debauch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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3
noun
Meaning 3
An insatiable thing or person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A drain or ditch; a gutter; sometimes, a small stream. Also called guzzen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete
Qualifier: provincial
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5
noun
Meaning 5
The throat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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6
verb
Meaning 6
To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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7
verb
Meaning 7
To consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, informal, intransitive
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8
verb
Meaning 8
To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst; often said of gas-powered vehicles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, informal, transitive
Examples
This car just guzzles petrol.
2004, Mike Rigby, quoted in The Freefoam Roofline Report, https://web.archive.org/web/20160313225853/http://michaelrigbyassociates.com/pages/research/quarterly/readreport35166.htm China continues full steam ahead and the Americans continue to guzzle fuel, while supply becomes restricted.
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9
verb
Meaning 9
To flow copiously; to spray out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive, rare
Examples
Blood guzzled from the wound.
The barrel guzzled out beer from the hole.
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10
verb
Meaning 10
drink greedily or as if with great thirst
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The boys guzzled the cheap vodka
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drink, imbibe
History
Etymology
Probably imitative of the sound of drinking eagerly; or from Old French gouziller, gosillier (“to pass through the throat”), from gosier (“throat”), and akin to Italian gozzo (“throat; a bird's crop”). First attested in 1576.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
أَسْرَفَ فِي اَلشَّرَاب
(ʔasrafa fī š-šarāb)
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Biatah Bidayuh:
nugo
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Bulgarian:
наливам се
(nalivam se)
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Chinese Mandarin:
暴飲 /暴饮
(bàoyǐn)
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Czech:
chlemtat
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Esperanto:
trinkegi
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
French:
engloutir
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
French:
siffler du vin
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
French:
bouffer
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
German:
saufen
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
German:
verschlingen
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Italian:
trangugiare
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Italian:
ingurgitare
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Japanese:
ガブガブ飲む
(gabugabu-nomu)
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Malay:
menggelogok
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Māori:
karapetau
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Russian:
жа́дно пить
(žádno pitʹ)
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Russian:
пить с жа́дностью
(pitʹ s žádnostʹju)
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Russian:
дуть
(dutʹ)
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Serbo-Croatian:
ло̀кати
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Serbo-Croatian:
lòkati
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Spanish:
engullir (eat voraciuosly)
— to drink (or sometimes eat) voraciously
Czech:
chlastat
— to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually
Czech:
lemtat
— to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually
Esperanto:
drinki
— to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually
German:
saufen
— to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually
Russian:
буха́ть
(buxátʹ)
— to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually
Swedish:
supa
— to consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually
Bulgarian:
тъпча се
(tǎpča se)
— (by extension) to consume anything greedily
French:
bouffer
— (by extension) to consume anything greedily
German:
schlucken
— (by extension) to consume anything greedily
Irish:
plac
— (by extension) to consume anything greedily
Māori:
karapetau
— (by extension) to consume anything greedily
Russian:
пожира́ть
(požirátʹ)
— (by extension) to consume anything greedily
Russian:
опустоши́ть
(opustošítʹ)
— (by extension) to consume anything greedily
