GUZZLE


Meaning of GUZZLE in English

(~s, guzzling, ~d)

1.

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

Melissa had ~d gin and tonics like they were lemonade.

VERB: V n, also V

2.

If you say that a vehicle ~s fuel, you mean that it uses a lot of it in a way that is wasteful and unnecessary.

The plane was deafeningly noisy, ~d 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 ~r

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