guzzle
guz|zle /g'ʌzəl/ (guzzles guzzling guzzled)
1 [VERB] V n, also V
If you guzzle something, you drink it or eat it quickly and greedily. (INFORMAL)
Melissa had guzzled gin and tonics like they were lemonade.
2 [VERB] V n
If you say that a vehicle guzzles fuel, you mean that it uses a lot of it in a way that is wasteful and unnecessary.
The plane was deafeningly noisy, guzzled fuel, and left a trail of smoke.
● -guzzling [COMB in ADJ] ADJ n
The boom of the 1980s led to a taste for petrol-guzzling cars.
...big energy-guzzling houses.
see also gas guzzler
1 [VERB] V n, also V
If you guzzle something, you drink it or eat it quickly and greedily. (INFORMAL)
Melissa had guzzled gin and tonics like they were lemonade.
2 [VERB] V n
If you say that a vehicle guzzles fuel, you mean that it uses a lot of it in a way that is wasteful and unnecessary.
The plane was deafeningly noisy, guzzled fuel, and left a trail of smoke.
● -guzzling [COMB in ADJ] ADJ n
The boom of the 1980s led to a taste for petrol-guzzling cars.
...big energy-guzzling houses.
see also gas guzzler