to gulp
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2.9
- verb
- /ɡʌlp/
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tragar
- During the race, he had to gulp down his water quickly to stay hydrated.
Throughout the day, when you're trying to get your adequate yield of water or other beverages, feel free to gulp that fluid or sip it.
- Throughout the day, when you're trying to get your adequate yield of water or other beverages, feel free to gulp that fluid or sip it.
- And that's part of what I mean with that, you know, so the, if you think about, you know, we just gulp food down.
- And when the forceps grabbed my skull to yank me out, when I gulped my first lungful of strange air, I looked into her strange face and she looked into mine.
- I fill it with the bowl with milk and I just watch it sit there until it gets to the point where I can spoon it in and just gulp it down without chewing.
- It's like, hey, you're about to be just wakes up from the red solo cups fall and he just gulp.
Examples
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She's gulping it down.
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The Laughing Man gulps down the potion and starts to calm down a little.
Fiction book (1991) -
When we tell them, they just sort of gulp and say, 'Thanks for the hard work.'
Academic text (2005) -
And that's part of what I mean with that, you know, so the, if you think about, you know, we just gulp food down.
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And also that I gulp really loudly when I drink, which I can't help.
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At the end of his coughing, he gulps a big breath of air.
Fiction book (1993) -
I gulped my food.
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No one having invited him to drink, he gulped down a beer, belched loudly, and went out again.
Fiction book (1993) -
The Laughing Man grabs it and leaves, gulping down its contents voraciously.
Fiction book (1991) -
They're gulping down gastroliths, stones they swallow in order to help their digestion.
Synonyms
31
5.0
To drink something quickly in large gulps
25
8.2
To drink an alcoholic drink quickly
22
4.8
To eat or drink something with a loud sucking noise
16
5.8
To drink a lot very quickly
16
2.6
To eat food quickly and noisily without chewing properly
9
7.7
To drink or eat something very quickly, often without pausing
7
5.8
Eat food very quickly when you are very hungry
6
3.1
To eat or drink something quickly without stopping
4
9.1
To drink a large amount quickly and with pleasure
3
8.2
To eat a lot of food very quickly
1
6.7
To drink a large amount quickly in one swallow
1
5.9
To drink coffee quickly in big gulps to wake up
To drink a liquid quickly in big gulps, often alcohol
To drink a lot very quickly, often alcohol
To eat or drink very quickly, often without chewing
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Etymology
Gulp comes from a word that copies the sound people make when they swallow, much like gurgle copies a wet sound. So to gulp is to 'swallow' quickly or with difficulty, often because you are thirsty or nervous.