gozzle

[ goz-uhl ]

noun

, South Midland and Southern U.S.

1. the throat; gullet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gozzle¹

1905–10, Americanism; expressive word akin to guzzle; compare British dialect guzzle gutter, drain, throat

Example Sentences

Nowhere is this clearer than in the climatic scene of Nicolas Winding Refn's bloody Bangkok-set thriller, in which tall, handsome Gozzle fights a stumpy, chubby, fiftysomething and loses, horribly.

From The Guardian

As ever, there's an almost indecent amount of stuff to get excitedabout: more Gozzle, a new Coens and Baz Lurhman's Great Gatsby being personal highlights.

From The Guardian

Nope: it is still all about the Gozzle.

From The Guardian

Shoot oop, cann't 'ee', ya young gozzle-'ead!

From Project Gutenberg

Thousands of them, especially the frisky young ones, think there is no finer man in Ireland than Free State President Eamon de Valera of the long gozzle and wild hair.

From Time Magazine Archive