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glutton

glut·ton

glutton

 
 
pronunciation:
gluh tn
features:
Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition 1: someone who eats an excessive amount, or one who both eats and drinks excessively.
Make sure you take as much meat as you want, or that glutton will take it all for himself.
similar words:
eater, gobbler, gourmand, hog, pig
definition 2: someone who exhibits an unusual readiness to undergo or withstand something, esp. something hard or unpleasant.
He seems to be a glutton for her abuse.
similar words:
pushover, sucker
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