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gulp
[ guhlp ]
verb (used without object)
- to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.
verb (used with object)
noun
- the act of gulping:
He drank the whole bottle of beer in one gulp.
- the amount swallowed at one time; mouthful.
gulp
/ ɡʌlp /
verb
- troften foll bydown to swallow rapidly, esp in large mouthfuls
to gulp down food
- troften foll byback to stifle or choke
to gulp back sobs
- intr to swallow air convulsively, as while drinking, because of nervousness, surprise, etc
- intr to make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly
noun
- the act of gulping
- the quantity taken in a gulp
Derived Forms
- ˈgulpingly, adverb
- ˈgulpy, adjective
- ˈgulper, noun
Other Words From
- gulper noun
- gulping·ly adverb
- gulpy adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of gulp1
Word History and Origins
Origin of gulp1
Example Sentences
Even so distant, I can taste the grief, / Bitter and sharp with stalks, he made you gulp…Where bridal London bows the other way.
But even allowing for the fact that the state elected Mama Big Gulp as its governor, the Alaska number has to be a solid majority.
The sugar in a $1.39 Big Gulp soda at 7-Eleven accounts for only a few cents of its cost.
While delivering her speech at CPAC, Sarah Palin drank from a big gulp.
There was even a speech from Sarah Palin who made a joke about her "rack" and sipped a big gulp on stage.
He devoured it whole with a kind of visual gulp—a flash; the entire meaning first, then lines, then separate words.
"Five minutes to twelve, baby," said the old man, and his voice had a gulp in it that broke June down.
He made the speech with a gulp, as though it were distasteful to him.
He got the question out with a separate gulp for each separate word.
"They are all round us in the scrub; you never know where they are," Eustace said with a gulp.
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