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gulp

[guhlp]
–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


gulper, noun
gulp⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
gulpy, adjective


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