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guzzling

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Guzzle \Guz"zle\ (g[u^]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Guzzled}, p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Guzzling}.] [OP. gosillier, prob. orig., to
   pass through the throat; akin to F. gosier throat; cf. It.
   gozzo a bird's crop.]
   To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.

         Those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar. --Milton.

         Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who,
         while she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise.
                                                  --Roscommon.

         To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey. --Gay.

Source : WordNet®

guzzling
     n : the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly [syn: {gulping}, {swilling}]
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