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Webster 1913 Edition

Guzzle

Guz′zle

(gŭz′z’l)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Guzzled
(gŭz′z’ld)
,
p. pr. & vb. n.
Guzzling
(gŭz′zlĭng)
.]
[OP.
gosillier
, prob. orig., to pass through the throat; akin to F.
gosier
throat; cf. It.
gozzo
a bird’s crop.]
To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.
Those that came to
guzzle
in his wine cellar.
Milton.
Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise,
Who, while she
guzzles
, chats the doctor's praise.
Roscommon.
To fat the
guzzling
hogs with floods of whey.
Gay.

Guz′zle

,
Verb.
T.
To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually;
as, one who
guzzles
beer
.
Dryden.

Guz′zle

,
Noun.
An insatiable thing or person.
That sink of filth, that
guzzle
most impure.
Marston.

Webster 1828 Edition

Guzzle

GUZ'ZLE

,
Verb.
I.
To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much; to drink frequently.
Well seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise,
Who, while she guzzles, chats the Doctor's praise.

GUZ'ZLE

. v.t. To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust.
--Still guzzling must of wine.

GUZ'ZLE

,
Noun.
An insatiable thing or person.

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