Gulp

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gulp \Gulp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gulped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Gulping}.] [D. gulpen, cf. OD. golpe gulf.]
     To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to
     take down at one swallow.
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           He does not swallow, but he gulps it down. --Cowper.
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           The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole
           narrative.                               --Fielding.
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     {To gulp up}, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gulp \Gulp\, n.
     1. The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much
        as is awallowed at once.
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     2. A disgorging. [Colloq.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gulp
       n 1: a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single
            gulp" [syn: {draft}, {draught}, {swig}]
       2: a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
          [syn: {gulping}]
       v 1: to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men
            gulped down their beers" [syn: {quaff}, {swig}]
       2: utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly; "He
          gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  122 Moby Thesaurus words for "gulp":
     Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze,
     batten, beverage, blow, bolt, bolt down, breath, breath of air,
     breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing,
     broken wind, bumper, chug-a-lug, cough, cram, devour, draft, dram,
     draught, drench, drink, drinking, eat, eating, engorge,
     engorgement, engulf, engulfment, exhalation, exhale, exhaust,
     expel, expiration, expire, exsufflation, gasp, glut, gluttonize,
     gobble, gorge, gormandize, gulp down, gulping, guttle, guzzle,
     hack, hiccup, huff, imbibe, imbibition, ingest, ingestion,
     ingurgitate, ingurgitation, inhalation, inhalator, inhale,
     inspiration, inspire, insufflation, iron lung, knock back, lap,
     libation, live to eat, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, mouthful, nip,
     oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, peg, portion, potation, puff, pull,
     quaff, raven, respiration, respire, scuba, sigh, sip, slop, slosh,
     slurp, smother, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snoring, snort,
     snuff, snuffle, sternutation, stertor, stifle, strangle, stuff,
     suck, sup, suppress, suspiration, swallow, swallowing, swig, swill,
     swill down, throw down, toss off, tot, wheeze, wind, wolf,
     wolf down