guzzle

Definition

To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.

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”).

Example Sentences

• "No more her care shall fill the hollow tray, / To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey."
• "They had a delightful meal, eating as much as possible, for whenever they stopped eating the Puddin" sang out-- "Eat away, chew away, munch and bolt and guzzle, Never leave the table till you're full up to the muzzle.""
• "What do you get when you guzzle down sweets, / Eating as much as an elephant eats?"