gulp

[US]/ɡʌlp/
[UK]/ɡʌlp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. eat or drink (something) quickly and eagerly, to swallow a large amount of (something) at once

vi. to make a quick gasp or swallow, to choke

n. a swallow of (especially a liquid) taken in a large amount at once

Phrases & Collocations

take a gulp

gulp down

Example Sentences

she gulped back the tears.

gulp sth. down holus-bolus

gulp down a glass of water

I gulped the acrid liquid.

she took periodical gulps of her tea.

drank it up in a gulp; fastened up the coat.

he smiled and gulped his tea.

we emerged to gulp great lungfuls of cold night air.

THSR: gulp, bolt, cram, englut, guzzle, ingurgitate

Amelia gulped down her coffee and rushed out.

She gulped nervously, as if the question bothered her.

dolphins and whales can't help taking in the odd gulp of brine as they swallow a fish.

fumes seeped in until she was forced to gulp for air.

Titch took a gulp of beer and wiped his mouth on his sleeve.

A gulper eel can eat an animal larger than itself and accommodate it in an expandable stomach.

She crawled onto the river bank and lay there gulping in air.

having emptied his glass at a gulp, Roger pulled out a cigar.

Shemsen breached like a shark-chased dolphin and gulped air like a drowning lubber.

Winston poured out nearly a teacupful, nerved himself for a shock, and gulped it down like a dose of medicine.

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