guzzlyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

guzzly (comparative more guzzly, superlative most guzzly)

1. Relating to guzzling (drinking greedily または with gusto).
   1. Tending to guzzle; drinking greedily; consuming a large amount of liquid.

      Synonyms: eager, greedy

      • 1979, Alison Prince, The Turkey’s Nest, New York: William Morrow, 1980, Chapter 17, p. 218,^[2]

        “I seem to be awfully thirsty these days.”

        “Tessa’s the same,” said Michael. “I suppose when you’re feeding these guzzly babies it’s understandable.”

      • 2004, Philip Begho, Strange World, Monarch Books, p. 14,^[3]

        Beer tankards making their inebriate way to guzzly lips froze in midair.

      • 2008, Alexander McCall Smith, The World According to Bertie, London: Abacus, Chapter 8, p. 26,^[4]

        ‘When you were a little baby yourself […] you tended to be a little—how shall we put it?—guzzly, and you bit Mummy hard, making Mummy feel a bit tender. […] ’

      • 2019, Natalie Fee, How to Save the World for Free, London: Laurence King,^[5]

        Choose a non-stop flight if you can, as take-offs and landings are really ‘guzzly’ when it comes to fuel.

   2. Involving guzzling.
      • 2002, Chrissie Glazebrook, The Madolescents, London: Arrow, Chapter 9, p. 86,^[6]

        Mum snaps open a can of lager, takes a guzzly swig and lets out a rattling burp.

   3. Intended to be guzzled or inviting guzzling; (of a wine) easy to guzzle.^[1]

      Synonyms: gluggy, quaffable

      • 2013, Todd McEwen, How Not to be American, London: Aurum, p. 3,^[7]

        In this Walmart culture, eveeryone casually shops, all the time—they constantly hop in their cars for milk, lottery tickets, cigarettes, bait, and large guzzly cups of foul coffee.

   4. Resembling the sound of guzzling.
      • 2007, Roy Freirich, Winged Creatures, New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, p. 224,^[8]

        He jams [the nozzle] into the gas can’s dark mouth and presses the handle lever, hearing the guzzly splash and swirl of liquid within.

      • 2010, Nancy Means Wright, Runaway! Belgrave House,^[9]

        When he’d finished the drink, he kept sucking, making that guzzly, slurpy sound she hated.

   5. Full of liquid that can be guzzled.

      Synonym: juicy

      • 1923, Wallace Stevens, “The Comedian as the Letter C” in Harmonium, New York: Knopf, p. 63,^[10]

        good, fat, guzzly fruit

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