Значення

значень: 5
  1. (застаріле, незлічуване)Drink; intoxicating liquor.

    Where squander'd away the tiresome minutes of your evening leisure over seal'd Winchesters of threepenny guzzle! — Tom Brown

  2. (застаріле)A drinking bout; a debauch.

  3. (застаріле)An insatiable thing or person.

  4. The throat.

  5. (Британія, застаріле)A drain or ditch; a gutter; sometimes, a small stream. Also called guzzen.

Приклади

речень: 4
  1. Tom guzzled his beer.

  2. Let's see how much beer they guzzle tonight.

  3. A giraffe can guzzle many gallons of water in one go.

  4. As the three countries' growing economies guzzle more fuel, the leaders agreed to cooperate on developing alternative sources of energy.

Походження

Probably imitative of the sound of drinking eagerly; or from Old French gouziller, gosilli

Probably imitative of the sound of drinking eagerly; or from Old French gouziller, gosillier (“to pass through the throat”), from gosier (“throat”), and akin to Italian gozzo (“throat; a bird's crop”). First attested in 1576.

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Форми

множина: guzzles
Однинаguzzle

незлічуване

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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