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UK
/ɡˈʌlp/
]
[ US /ˈɡəɫp/ ]
[ US /ˈɡəɫp/ ]
VERB
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to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
The men gulped down their beers -
utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly
He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat
NOUN
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a large and hurried swallow
he finished it at a single gulp - a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
How To Use gulp In A Sentence
- People were gulping down sundowners, women seemed to be, rather disinterestedly, sipping their drinks and picking up a bite.
- And he had hoped to avoid all this; or rather to hoard this seeing for one final gulp from the mailboat rail. At Swim, Two Boys
- I sucked and gargled and gulped my man down until his toes opened and closed and he started grabbing and clutching the sheets, moaning out my name. Deep Throat Diva
- The first gulp is the best.
- Look at the uproar from the Police auth in the Met over officer (gulp) carrying guns on duty in public! Have You Heard The One About……. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
- And while the word gluttony evolved from a Latin root that means “to gulp,” that definition doesn’t really illustrate this particular pattern of evil thought accurately or thoroughly. The SOURCE of MIRACLES
- It is found that ment of disease does not predestine only three met - the method of treatment of disease in the time of the hods of healing namely a gulp of honey, cupping, and Prophet (s. a.w) was considered advance method gi - branding with fire (cauterizing). Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- Caleb choked back a gulp and offered up a weak smile.
- I gulped as they smooched - for quite a long time, too - and wished more than anything that it was me he was kissing.
- -- But then they are not charged for seeing the lamps; there is no charge for walking round the walks; there is no charge for looking at the cosmoramic pictures; there is no charge for casting a glance at the orchestra; there is no charge for staring at the other people; there is no charge for bowing or talking to an acquaintance, if you meet one -- all these are gratis; and if you neither eat nor drink, there is no charge for witnessing those who do mangle the long-murdered honours of the coop, and gulp down the most renovating of liquors, be they hale or stout, vite vine, red port, or rack punch. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828