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/ˈɡʌzəl/ · verb
(transitive) To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto..
No more her care shall fill the hollow tray, / To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey.
They had a delightful meal, eating as much as possible, for whenever they stopped eating the Puddin" sang out-- "Eat away, chew away, munch and bolt and guzzle, Never leave the table till you're full up to the muzzle."
What do you get when you guzzle down sweets, / Eating as much as an elephant eats?
It is Boxing Day in a football ground, and all we can do is sprawl over the plastic, hurling instructions and vague encouragement. The seat is an extension of the sofa, the match another Pick of the Day in the Radio Times. Some are wearing Santa hats, some have been drinking only six or seven hours after last stopping, guzzling away, topping up their levels to reach pie-eyed delirium.
A comparison more properly bestowed on those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar.
Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who, while she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise.
Every theatre had it's footman's gallery: […] they guzzled, devoured, debauched, cheated, played cards, bullied visitors for vails: […]
This car just guzzles petrol.
Use guzzle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Guzzle means (transitive) To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto..
Common synonyms include swig, swill.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
No more her care shall fill the hollow tray, / To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey.
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