Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gulping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
He does not swallow, but he gulps it down. --Cowper.
The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole
narrative. --Fielding.
{To gulp up}, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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