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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

gulp

[guhlp] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used without object)

1.	to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to swallow eagerly, or in large drafts or morsels (often fol. by down): He gulps down his food like a starving man.

3.	to suppress, subdue, or choke back as if by swallowing: to gulp down a sob.

–noun

4.	the act of gulping: He drank the whole bottle of beer in one gulp.

5.	the amount swallowed at one time; mouthful.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME gulpen (v.); cf. D gulpen, Norw glupa

]

—Related forms

gulper, noun

gulp·ing·ly, adverb

gulpy, adjective

—Synonyms 2. wolf, gobble, quaff, bolt, devour, guzzle.

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gulp   (gŭlp) Pronunciation Key
v.   gulped, gulp·ing, gulps

v.   tr.

To swallow greedily or rapidly in large amounts: gulp down coffee.
To choke back by or as if by swallowing.

v. intr.

To choke or gasp, as in swallowing large amounts of liquid.
To swallow air audibly, as in nervousness.

The act of gulping.
A large amount swallowed at one time.

[From Middle English gulpen or from Flemish or Dutch gulpen.]

gulp'er n., gulp'ing·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
gulp

(v.), 15c., from Flem. gulpe or Du. gulpen "to gush, pour forth, guzzle, swallow," possibly of imitative origin.

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gulp
noun
1.	a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp"
2.	a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
verb
1.	to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers"
2.	utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly; "He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat"

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Gulp

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.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Gulp

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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