guttling

Verb (1)

guttle (third-person singular simple present guttles, present participle guttling, simple past and past participle guttled)

1. (UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive) Often followed by down or up: to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble, to guzzle.
   • VVhy a Hot Iron vvould have Hiſs'd if you had but Spit upon't. The Fool carry'd this Philoſophy avvay vvith him, and took an Occaſion aftervvard to Spit in his Porridge, to try if they'd Hiſs. They did not Hiſs it ſeems, and ſo he Guttled 'em up, and Scalt his Chops.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[A Supplement of Fables […].] Fab[le] CCCCXXXVIII. A Fool and a Hot Iron.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC...

   Synonyms:

   ingurgitate, scarf, scoff, wolf down, eat, have, fret

2. (UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To eat voraciously; to gorge.
   • One, Frugal, on his Birth-Day fears to dine: / Does at a Penny's coſt in Herbs repine, / And hardly dares to dip his Fingers in the Brine. / Prepar'd as Prieſt of his ovvn Rites, to ſtand, / He ſprinkles Pepper vvith a ſparing hand. / His Jolly Brother, oppoſite in ſence, / Laughs at his Thrift...1693, Aulus Persius Flaccus, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus.] The Sixth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together...

   Synonyms:

   gormandize

Verb (2)

guttle (third-person singular simple present guttles, present participle guttling, simple past and past participle guttled)

1. (Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive) To remove the guts or entrails from (a person or an animal); to disembowel, to eviscerate, to gut.

Verb (3)

guttle (third-person singular simple present guttles, present participle guttling, simple past and past participle guttled)

1. (Northern England, UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To make a bubbling sound; to gurgle.

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