GUZZLE


Meaning of GUZZLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ gʌz(ə)l ]

( guzzles, guzzling, guzzled)

1.

If you guzzle something, you drink it or eat it quickly and greedily. ( INFORMAL )

Melissa had guzzled gin and tonics like they were lemonade.

VERB : V n , also V

2.

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.

The plane was deafeningly noisy, guzzled fuel, and left a trail of smoke.

VERB : V n

• -guzzling

The boom of the 1980s led to a taste for petrol-guzzling cars.

...big energy-guzzling houses.

COMB in ADJ : ADJ n

see also gas guzzler

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