guzzle
verb - informal

- to drink quickly, eagerly, and usually in large amounts (He guzzled his beer and ordered another)

- to use large amounts of petrol very quickly (The car guzzles a gallon of gas every 15 miles)

Cambridge Dictionary

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ORIGIN

From the 1570s, “swallow liquid greedily”, probably related to Old French gosillier “to go down the gullet”, from gosier (13th century) “jaws, throat, gullet.” Or imitative of the sound of drinking greedily.

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UNFORTUNATE SIDE-EFFECTS!

While preparing for her role in Catwoman (2004), Halle Berry adopted an intensive exercise regimen and began to guzzle protein shakes to help enhance and define her muscles. She soon discovered some unfortunate side-effects: “I had the worst gas”, she later recalled. Indeed, her predicament earned her a mocking nickname: “People started calling me ‘Gaswoman’!”

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SYNONYMS for guzzle

DRINK
booze, quaff, swill, gulp down, swig, slurp, knock back, toss down, chug, scarf down, wash down, drink like a fish, imbibe, slosh, tank up

FOOD
devour, gobble, wolf, gorge, scoff, shovel down, pig out on, eat like a horse, stuff one’s face, binge-eat, chow down, bolt down, eat voraciously, chomp down, eat sumptuously

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PRACTICE OWAD in an English conversation, discuss something like:

“From GAS GUZZLER to green leader – was how General Motors announced its all-electric Hummer EV. Special batteries will deliver 1,000 horsepower and 0-60 mph in 3-seconds. The greenness of special batteries is up for discussion.”

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