Gulping

2 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gulping
       n 1: a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
            [syn: {gulp}]
       2: the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly [syn: {swilling}, {guzzling}]