Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To swallow greedily; gobble.
- To eat greedily; gormandize.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb eat greedily
Etymologies
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Examples
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Are you, who are setting up to be a man of the world and a philosopher, to tell me that the aim of life is to guttle three courses and dine off silver?
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What could males do then but yawn, sleep, snore, guzzle, guttle, and drink till they grew dead and got buried?
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 406, December 26, 1829 Various
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No, all he has to do with his money is to guttle it.
Sons and Lovers 1913
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No, all he has to do with his money is to guttle it.
Sons and Lovers 1907
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No one knows better than I, the fatal necessity for any one in your position: more than that, the duty in many cases of plunging into public functions, and all the guttle, guzzle, and gammon therewith connected.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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No one knows better than I, the fatal necessity for any one in your position: more than that, the duty in many cases of plunging into public functions, and all the guttle, guzzle, and gammon therewith connected.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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You married the boy's mother to craze and kill her, and guttle her property.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868
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You married the boy's mother to craze and kill her, and guttle her property.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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You married the boy's mother to craze and kill her, and guttle her property.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 8 George Meredith 1868
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Are you, who are setting up to be a man of the world and philosopher, to tell me that the aim of life is to guttle three courses and dine off silver?
The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
bilby commented on the word guttle
"PEASANT.
Some victuals and drink, worthy masters, I pray,
For not a warm morsel we've tasted to day.
TRUMPETER.
Ay, guzzle and guttle—'tis always the way."
- 'Wallenstein's Camp', Friedrich Schiller, 1798. Translation by James Churchill, undated.
December 17, 2007