dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/guz_MW.json

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{
"guzzle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": consume , use up":[
"devices that guzzle electricity"
],
": to drink especially liquor greedily, continually, or habitually":[],
": to drink greedily or habitually":[
"guzzle beer"
]
},
"examples":[
"guzzled my soda before I could stop him",
"teenagers sneaking out to guzzle in the woods",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Queen Elizabeth II offers Paddington some tea, prompting him to guzzle it from the teapot. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 5 June 2022",
"Anatoly recalled how Titan forced him to guzzle from his vodka bottle then slammed his rifle butt into his stomach twice, rendering the old man unconscious. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"In diners my father learned to smoke cigarettes and guzzle coffee and gobble down any food that was at hand, enough to get him through a double shift plus back-to-back classes. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Houston\u2019s defense and ability to guzzle offensive rebounds had been an impenetrable combination in the tournament until Saturday evening. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"In a normal year, the Murano factories guzzle more than 13 million cubic meters of natural gas, according to a market insider speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn\u2019t authorized by his company to talk. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The mines guzzle vast quantities of water, with nearly 58 billion gallons drawn from the region\u2019s rivers, lakes and aquifers in 2019, according to government figures. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Washers guzzle gallons of water and dryers use up energy. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2021",
"Washers guzzle gallons of water and dryers use up energy. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1567, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259-z\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"belt (down)",
"drink",
"gulp",
"hoist",
"imbibe",
"knock back",
"pound (down)",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slug (down)",
"slurp",
"sup",
"swig",
"swill",
"toss (down "
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062209",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}