About The Word Gulp
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Gulp
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What's The Definition Of Gulp?
[n] a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp"
[n] a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing [v] utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly; "`Help,'" he gulped. [v] eat greedily [v] to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "My car gulped 20 gallons without even wiping its mouth." Synonyms | Synonyms for Gulp: devour | draft | draught | gulping | guttle | pig | quaff | raven | swig | swig Related Terms | Find terms related to Gulp: Aqua-Lung | artificial respiration | aspiration | asthmatic wheeze | batten | beverage | blow | bolt | bolt down | breath | breath of air | breathe | breathe hard | breathe in | breathe out | breathing | broken wind | bumper | chug-a-lug | cough | cram | devour | draft | dram | draught | drench | drink | drinking | eat | eating | engorge | engorgement | engulf | engulfment | exhalation | exhale | exhaust | expel | expiration | expire | exsufflation | gasp | glut | gluttonize | gobble | gorge | gormandize | gulp down | gulping | guttle | guzzle | hack | hiccup | huff | imbibe | imbibition | ingest | ingestion | ingurgitate | ingurgitation | inhalation | inhalator | inhale | inspiration | inspire | insufflation | iron lung | knock back | lap | libation | live to eat | mouthful | mouth-to-mouth resuscitation | nip | oxygen mask | oxygen tent | pant | peg | portion | potation | puff | pull | quaff | raven | respiration | respire | scuba | sigh | sip | slop | slosh | slurp | smother | sneeze | sniff | sniffle | snore | snoring | snort | snuff | snuffle | sternutation | stertor | stifle | strangle | stuff | suck | sup | suppress | suspiration | swallow | swallowing | swig | swill | swill down | throw down | toss off | tot | wheeze | wind | wolf | wolf down See Also | deglutition | drink | drink | eat | get down | imbibe | inborn reflex | innate reflex | instinctive reflex | mouth | physiological reaction | reflex | speak | swallow | swallow | talk | unconditioned reflex | utter | verbalise | verbalize Gulp In Webster's Dictionary \Gulp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gulped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gulping}.] [D. gulpen, cf. OD. golpe gulf.]
To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to
take down at one swallow.
He does not swallow, but he gulps it down. --Cowper.
The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole
narrative. --Fielding.
{To gulp up}, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.
\Gulp\, n. 1. The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once. 2. A disgorging. [Colloq.] |
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