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guzzle

v.
US //ˈɡəzəɫ// UK //ɡˈʌzəl// guz·zle Archaic
Origin

Attested since 1576. Possibly imitative of the sound of drinking greedily, or from Old French gouziller, gosillier (“to pass through the throat”), from gosier (“throat”), and akin to Italian gozzo (“throat; a bird's crop”).

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