Guttle

Origin

Attested since about 1650, from gut("belly") + -le. Possibly influenced by guzzle.

Full definition of guttle

Verb

1. To put into the gut; to eat voraciously; to swallow greedily; to gorge, gormandize.
• circa 1692 Dryden Translations From Persius, The Sixth Satire of Pursius:His jolly brother, opposite in sense,
  Laughs at his thrift; and lavish of expence
  Quaffs, crams, and guttles, in his own defence.
• 1890s, Poverty Knock:I know I can guttle, when I hear my shuttle, go poverty, poverty knock.
2. To swallow.
• 1692 Roger L'Estrange (1616-1704) Fables Of Aesop And Other Eminent Mythologists:The fool spit in his porridge, to try if they'd hiss : they did not hiss, and so he guttled them up, and scalded his chops

Derived terms

• guttler - a greedy eater