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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Guzzle  \Guz"zle\  (g[u^]z"z'l),  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Guzzled},  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Guzzling}.]  [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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  guzzling 
  n  :  drinking  large  mouthfuls  rapidly  [syn:  {gulping},  {swilling}] 




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