Dictionary

guzzly en · ADJ

Etymology

From guzzle + -y.

Meanings

1. Relating to guzzling (drinking greedily or with gusto). ▸ Tending to guzzle; drinking greedily; consuming a large amount of liquid.
   • “I seem to be awfully thirsty these days.” “Tessa’s the same,” said Michael. “I suppose when you’re feeding these guzzly babies it’s understandable.” 1979, Alison Prince, chapter 17, in The Turkey’s Nest,, New York: William Morrow, published 1980, page 218:
   • ‘When you were a little baby yourself […] you tended to be a little—how shall we put it?—guzzly, and you bit Mummy hard, making Mummy feel a bit tender. […]’ 2008, Alexander McCall Smith, chapter 8, in The World According to Bertie,, London: Abacus, page 26:
   • Choose a non-stop flight if you can, as take-offs and landings are really ‘guzzly’ when it comes to fuel. 2019, Natalie Fee, How to Save the World for Free, London: Laurence King:
   • Beer tankards making their inebriate way to guzzly lips froze in midair. 2004, Philip Begho, Strange World, Monarch Books, page 14:
2. Relating to guzzling (drinking greedily or with gusto). ▸ Involving guzzling.
   • Mum snaps open a can of lager, takes a guzzly swig and lets out a rattling burp. 2002, Chrissie Glazebrook, chapter 9, in The Madolescents, London: Arrow, page 86:
3. Relating to guzzling (drinking greedily or with gusto). ▸ Intended to be guzzled or inviting guzzling; (of a wine) easy to guzzle.
   • In this Walmart culture, eveeryone casually shops, all the time—they constantly hop in their cars for milk, lottery tickets, cigarettes, bait, and large guzzly cups of foul coffee. 2013, Todd McEwen, How Not to be American, London: Aurum, page 3:
4. Relating to guzzling (drinking greedily or with gusto). ▸ Resembling the sound of guzzling.
   • When he’d finished the drink, he kept sucking, making that guzzly, slurpy sound she hated. 2010, Nancy Means Wright, Runaway!, Belgrave House:
   • He jams [the nozzle] into the gas can’s dark mouth and presses the handle lever, hearing the guzzly splash and swirl of liquid within. 2007, Roy Freirich, Winged Creatures, New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, page 224:
5. Relating to guzzling (drinking greedily or with gusto). ▸ Full of liquid that can be guzzled.
   • good, fat, guzzly fruit 1923, Wallace Stevens, “The Comedian as the Letter C”, in Harmonium, New York: Knopf, page 63:

Forms

Synonyms

quaffable · gluggy · juicy · greedy · eager