Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gulp"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gulp \Gulp\, n.
1. The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much
as is awallowed at once.

2. A disgorging. [Colloq.]

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)

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: "My car
gulped 20 gallons without even wiping its mouth." [syn:
{quaff}, {swig}]
2: utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly;
"`Help,'" he gulped.
3: eat greedily [syn: {devour}, {guttle}, {raven}, {pig}]


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