GULP: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | gulp
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- [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."
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| | Synonyms: | | devour, draft, draught, gulping, guttle, pig, quaff, raven, swig, swig |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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