gulper

Examples

• All

• I turned to watch a red gulper shoot past me, throbbing and squirting, water swirling in its wake.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Be a gem and pour me a gulper.

  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

• We'll hijack a sludge gulper and drive into the city.

  Super Mario Bros. (1993)

• He was such a gulper that he finished his meal in just a few minutes.

• After a long day, she poured a gulper of water to quench her thirst.

• The gulper at the buffet eagerly filled his plate with food, ready to indulge.

Synonyms

D

devourer

vsgulper

4 7.2

A person or animal that eats a lot very quickly

emphasizes rapid greedy swallowing rather than only large appetite

B

big eater

vsgulper

2 3.0

A person who eats a lot of food

highlights rapid greedy swallowing rather than mere large quantity

G

guzzler

vsgulper

• Informal

1 7.7

A person who drinks large amounts of alcohol very quickly

covers drinking too but stresses quick greedy swallowing of any drink

G

gobbler

vsgulper

1 7.9

A person who eats too quickly and greedily

swallows food or drink rapidly and greedily

S

swiller

vsgulper

• Offensive

1 8.6

A person who drinks too much alcohol

is narrower on quick swallowing rather than general excess

G

gorger

vsgulper

9.8

A person who eats quickly and greedily

focuses on swallowing large amounts of food or drink quickly

W

wolfer

vsgulper

• Offensive

9.9

A person who eats very fast and with little table manners

adds drinking as well as rude rapid eating

S

scoffer

vsgulper

• Archaic

9.9

A person who eats food very quickly and greedily

is about gulping large quantities rather than just rudeness

B

bolter

vsgulper

8.6

A person who eats food very quickly

involves swallowing large amounts fast, not only fast finishing

How Greedy

glutton

• Offensive

14 7.0

gulper

1 8.2

eater

115 1.0

nibbler

3 7.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology