Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [guhz-uh l]
- /ˈgʌz əl/
- /ˈɡʌz.əl/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [guhz-uh l]
- /ˈgʌz əl/
Definitions of guzzle word
- noun guzzle South Midland and Southern U.S. gozzle. 1
- noun guzzle Eat or drink (something) greedily. 1
- transitive verb guzzle eat or drink greedily 1
- transitive verb guzzle consume, use up rapidly 1
- verb guzzle If you guzzle something, you drink it or eat it quickly and greedily. 0
- verb guzzle If you say that a vehicle guzzles fuel, you mean that it uses a lot of it in a way that is wasteful and unnecessary. 0
Information block about the term
Origin of guzzle
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Guzzle
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
guzzle popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
guzzle usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for guzzle
verb guzzle
- carouse — If you say that people are carousing, you mean that they are behaving very noisily and drinking a lot of alcohol as they enjoy themselves.
- slosh — to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
- swill — liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
- imbibe — to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink: He imbibed great quantities of iced tea.
- swig — an amount of liquid, especially liquor, taken in one swallow; draught: He took a swig from the flask.
Antonyms for guzzle
verb guzzle
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- sip — to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of: He sipped the hot tea noisily.
- open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- nibble — to bite off small bits.
- conserve — If you conserve a supply of something, you use it carefully so that it lasts for a long time.
Top questions with guzzle
- what do you get when you guzzle down sweets?
- what does guzzle mean?
- what is guzzle?
- what is the meaning of guzzle?
- how to guzzle your garden?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with g
- Words starting with gu
- Words starting with guz
- Words starting with guzz
- Words starting with guzzl
- Words starting with guzzle