English Explanatory Dictionary

guttle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Often followed by down or up: to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble, to guzzle.
  2. To eat voraciously; to gorge.
noun
  1. An act of swallowing voraciously.
  2. One who eats voraciously; a glutton.
  3. Something which is eaten voraciously.
verb
  1. To remove the guts or entrails from (a person or an animal); to disembowel, to eviscerate, to gut.
verb
  1. To make a bubbling sound; to gurgle.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡʌtl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-guttle.wav /ˈɡʌt(ə)l/ [-ɾ(ə)l] En-us-guttle.ogg

Word forms

guttle guttles guttling guttled

Etymology

The verb is possibly derived from gut (“belly”) + -le (frequentative suffix), perhaps influenced by guzzle (“to drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto”). The noun is derived from the verb.

Synonyms

ingurgitate scarf scoff wolf down eat have fret gormandize gorger gourmandizer guttler belly-god buzgut cormorant epicure gannet glutton gourmand gormandizer greedyguts guttle hog Homer Simpson helluo pig slow belly trencherman

Derived words

guttler guttlesome
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