1. people who eat and drink excessively
Usage: plural of glutton
2. people who have an excessive desire for something
Usage: figurative use; plural of glutton

Examples

• The gluttons at the buffet went back for fourth helpings.
• They were gluttons for punishment, always taking on impossible tasks.
• The restaurant owner complained about gluttons who wasted food.
• These gluttons for attention dominated every conversation.
• The coach called them gluttons for hard work.
• Medieval moralists warned against becoming gluttons.
• They were gluttons for knowledge, reading every book they could find.