Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to guzzle
Participle: guzzled
Gerund: guzzling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | guzzle |
| you | guzzle |
| he;she;it | guzzles |
| we | guzzle |
| you | guzzle |
| they | guzzle |
Perfect
| I | have guzzled |
| you | have guzzled |
| he;she;it | has guzzled |
| we | have guzzled |
| you | have guzzled |
| they | have guzzled |
Past
| I | guzzled |
| you | guzzled |
| he;she;it | guzzled |
| we | guzzled |
| you | guzzled |
| they | guzzled |
Pluperfect
| I | had guzzled |
| you | had guzzled |
| he;she;it | had guzzled |
| we | had guzzled |
| you | had guzzled |
| they | had guzzled |
Future
| I | will guzzle |
| you | will guzzle |
| he;she;it | will guzzle |
| we | will guzzle |
| you | will guzzle |
| they | will guzzle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have guzzled |
| you | will have guzzled |
| he;she;it | will have guzzled |
| we | will have guzzled |
| you | will have guzzled |
| they | will have guzzled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | guzzle |
| you | guzzle |
| he;she;it | guzzle |
| we | guzzle |
| you | guzzle |
| they | guzzle |
Perfect
| I | have guzzled |
| you | have guzzled |
| he;she;it | have guzzled |
| we | have guzzled |
| you | have guzzled |
| they | have guzzled |
Imperfect
| I | guzzled |
| you | guzzled |
| he;she;it | guzzled |
| we | guzzled |
| you | guzzled |
| they | guzzled |
Pluperfect
| I | had guzzled |
| you | had guzzled |
| he;she;it | had guzzled |
| we | had guzzled |
| you | had guzzled |
| they | had guzzled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would guzzle |
| you | would guzzle |
| he;she;it | would guzzle |
| we | would guzzle |
| you | would guzzle |
| they | would guzzle |
Perfect
| I | would have guzzled |
| you | would have guzzled |
| he;she;it | would have guzzled |
| we | would have guzzled |
| you | would have guzzled |
| they | would have guzzled |
Imperative
| you | guzzle |
| we | Let's guzzle |
| you | guzzle |
Verbs conjugated like 'guzzle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'guzzle'
buzzle,
fuzzle,
muzzle,
nuzzle,
puzzle,
wuzzle,
bezzle,
dazzle,
fizzle,
grizzle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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.
Sample Sentences
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No more her care shall fill the hollow tray, / To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey. [1720, John Gay, “Friday; or, the Dirge”, in Poems on Several Occasions:]
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They had a delightful meal, eating as much as possible, for whenever they stopped eating the Puddin" sang out--
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"Eat away, chew away, munch and bolt and guzzle,
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Never leave the table till you're full up to the muzzle." [1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 22:]
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What do you get when you guzzle down sweets, / Eating as much as an elephant eats? [1971, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, “Oompa Loompa, Doompa-Dee-Do”, in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory:]
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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. [2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football:]
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A comparison more properly bestowed on those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar. [1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes:]
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Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who, while she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise. [1684, Roscommon, Essay on Translated Verse:]
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Every theatre had it's footman's gallery: […] they guzzled, devoured, debauched, cheated, played cards, bullied visitors for vails: […] [1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians:]
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This car just guzzles petrol.
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2004, Mike Rigby, quoted in The Freefoam Roofline Report, https://web.archive.org/web/20160313225853/http://michaelrigbyassociates.com/pages/research/quarterly/readreport35166.htm
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China continues full steam ahead and the Americans continue to guzzle fuel, while supply becomes restricted.
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Blood guzzled from the wound.
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The barrel guzzled out beer from the hole.