guz´zler

guz´zler
guz|zle1 «GUHZ uhl», transitive verb, intransitive verb, -zled, -zling.
to drink greedily; drink too much: »

He's always guzzling soda. Drink slowly; don't guzzle.

[probably < Old French gosiller chatter, vomit, compare Old French gosier throat; influenced by Latin gurges or guttur throat]
guz´zler, noun.
guz|zle2 «GUHZ uhl», noun.
2. a drinking bout; debauch.
3. Dialect. the throat.
4. Dialect. a gutter; drain.
[perhaps < guzzle1]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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