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guttle | ruttle |

As a verb guttle

is to put into the gut; to eat voraciously; to swallow greedily; to gorge, gormandize.

As a noun ruttle is

a rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty in breathing.

guttle

English

Verb

(guttl)
  • To put into the gut; to eat voraciously; to swallow greedily; to gorge, gormandize.
  • * 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.
  • To swallow.
  • * 1692 (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

    See also

    * devour * gorge * gobble * gulp

    References

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    ruttle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A rattling]] sound in the throat arising from difficulty in [[breathe, breathing.
  • (Webster 1913)