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guttle.

Often followed by down or up: to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble, to guzzle.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɡʌtl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡʌt(ə)l/General-American[-ɾ(ə)l]General-American
  1. Often followed by down or up: to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble, to guzzle.

    UK · archaic · dialectal · transitive
  2. To eat voraciously; to gorge.

    UK · archaic · dialectal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈɡʌtl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡʌt(ə)l/General-American[-ɾ(ə)l]General-American
  1. An act of swallowing voraciously.

    UK · archaic · dialectal
  2. One who eats voraciously; a glutton.

    UK · archaic · dialectal
  3. Something which is eaten voraciously.

    UK · archaic · dialectal · obsolete · rare
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈɡʌtl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡʌt(ə)l/General-American[-ɾ(ə)l]General-American
  1. To remove the guts or entrails from (a person or an animal); to disembowel, to eviscerate, to gut.

    Scotland · UK · archaic · dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Scots guttle, from gut (“to eviscerate”) + -le (frequentative suffix).

verb/ˈɡʌtl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡʌt(ə)l/General-American[-ɾ(ə)l]General-American
  1. To make a bubbling sound; to gurgle.

    Northern-England · UK · archaic · dialectal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Origin unknown; possibly imitative of water bubbling or gurgling.

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