Definition of GUTTLE

guttle

Plural: guttles

Verb

Verb Forms: guttled, guttling, guttles

  • To eat or drink greedily and quickly.
  • eat greedily
  • Often followed by down or up: to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble, to guzzle.
  • To eat voraciously; to gorge.
  • To remove the guts or entrails from (a person or an animal); to disembowel, to eviscerate, to gut.
  • To make a bubbling sound; to gurgle.

Noun

  • An act of swallowing voraciously.
  • One who eats voraciously; a glutton.
  • Something which is eaten voraciously.

Examples

  • After a grueling Words With Friends session, he needed to guttle some snacks.

Origin / Etymology

The verb is possibly derived from gut (“belly”) + -le (frequentative suffix), perhaps influenced by guzzle (“to drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto”).
The noun is derived from the verb.

Scrabble Score: 7

guttle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
guttle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
guttle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

guttle: valid Words With Friends Word