Guttled

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have swallowed something quickly and noisily ; to have caused a continuous rushing or gurgling sound ; to have emitted a low, throaty noise
2. Having ingested food or drink rapidly with a gulping sound ; producing a sound like that of liquid flowing or bubbling ; making a deep, hoarse vocalization
3. The act of consuming something in a hurried, noisy manner ; the production of a gurgling or bubbling noise ; the emission of a guttural, rumbling sound

Etymology: "Guttled" is the past tense of "guttle", a verb meaning to gulp food or drink down quickly. The verb's origins are murky. One suggestion traces it to "gut", meaning belly, with the frequentative suffix "-le", which adds a sense of repeated or habitual action, so that "guttle" would suggest eating with the belly in mind. Another points to Scots "guttle", from "gut" in the sense of to eviscerate, which would make the verb a kind of rough, messy eating. A third proposal links it to the sound of water bubbling or gurgling, which would fit the noisy swallowing the word describes. The verb may also have been shaped by its close relative "guzzle", which means to drink or eat greedily and to excess. The two words share a similar sound and sense, and the influence may have run in both directions. No single origin is certain, so the word's story is best read as a tangle of possibilities rather than a settled line of descent.

Synonyms: drained, emptied, gulped, swallowed

Antonyms: filled, refilled, replenished