guzzle

/'gʌzl/

Thân thiện

The thirsty hiker guzzles water from his canteen.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To drink something quickly and greedily, often in large amounts: This is the core meaning, emphasizing rapid, eager, and often excessive consumption of a liquid, typically an alcoholic beverage.
   • To consume something (especially food or fuel) rapidly and in large quantities: This meaning extends the concept to non-liquid items, focusing on fast, wasteful, or excessive use.

Usage and Examples

• Verb:
  • After the marathon, he guzzled two bottles of water. (He drank the water very quickly and eagerly.)
  • The old truck guzzles gasoline. (The truck consumes fuel rapidly and inefficiently.)
  • The teenagers guzzled the soda as soon as they got it. (They drank the soda very quickly and greedily.)

Advanced Usage

• "to guzzle down": This phrasal verb emphasizes the action of swallowing something quickly and completely.
  • He guzzled down his beer and ordered another.
• The word often carries a negative connotation, implying a lack of moderation, manners, or efficiency.

Variants and Related Words

• Guzzler (noun): A person or thing that guzzles.
  • He's a real beer guzzler. (He drinks beer very greedily and in large amounts.)
  • That car is a gas guzzler. (That car consumes fuel very inefficiently.)

Synonyms

• Gulp: To swallow quickly or in large amounts. (Less negative connotation than ).
• Swill: To drink greedily or in large quantities. (Often implies drinking something of low quality).
• Devour: To eat something quickly and eagerly. (Primarily for food, but can be used metaphorically).

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Guzzle down: To drink something quickly and completely.
  • She guzzled down the juice in one go.

Related Idioms

• To be a gas guzzler: Used to describe a vehicle that consumes fuel very inefficiently.
  • I sold my old gas guzzler and bought a hybrid.

Học thuật

Verb

1. drink greedily or as if with great thirst
   • The boys guzzled the cheap vodka