Gulp
verb
To swallow something quickly and in large amounts.
He gulped down his dinner in two minutes.
noun
The act of swallowing something in a hurry.
He took a big gulp of water.
Often appears as...
- take a gulp
- big gulp
verb
To make a noise in your throat because you are shocked, nervous, or frightened.
She gulped nervously as she entered the office of the principal.
verb
To swallow difficultly and painfully.
He gulped, trying to swallow the lump in his throat.
noun
A large amount of liquid swallowed at once.
He took a gulp from the milk carton.
Often appears as...
- swallow in gulps
- gulp of milk
verb
To swallow something quickly and in large amounts.
He gulped down his dinner in two minutes.
noun
The act of swallowing something in a hurry.
He took a big gulp of water.
Often appears as...
- take a gulp
- big gulp
verb
To make a noise in your throat because you are shocked, nervous, or frightened.
She gulped nervously as she entered the office of the principal.
verb
To swallow difficultly and painfully.
He gulped, trying to swallow the lump in his throat.
noun
A large amount of liquid swallowed at once.
He took a gulp from the milk carton.
Often appears as...
- swallow in gulps
- gulp of milk
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Eating Quickly
Used to describe someone eating very fast, often because they're in a hurry.
The students gulped their lunches before the exam.
Pro Tip 2/2Swift Consumption
'Gulp down' can imply drinking liquid quickly, sometimes without tasting it.
After the race, he gulped down a whole bottle of water.
Pro Tip 1/2Eating Quickly
Used to describe someone eating very fast, often because they're in a hurry.
The students gulped their lunches before the exam.
Pro Tip 2/2Swift Consumption
'Gulp down' can imply drinking liquid quickly, sometimes without tasting it.
After the race, he gulped down a whole bottle of water.
Pro Tip 1/2Eating Quickly
Used to describe someone eating very fast, often because they're in a hurry.
The students gulped their lunches before the exam.
Pro Tip 2/2Swift Consumption
'Gulp down' can imply drinking liquid quickly, sometimes without tasting it.
After the race, he gulped down a whole bottle of water.
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Never Before Seen!...
protect critical sealion resources in one of the more spectacular pieces of Crittercam video so far we can see this female working hard to handle a challenging prey item a large octopus too big to swallow in one gulp she drags
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Bed Bugs PIPE National...
will gush freely from your veins and here's a cheery fact a bedbug can drink three times its weight in a single meal talk about your big gulp here's something else to brighten your day if you've got a serious infestation you
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The myth of Zeus' test -...
Yet, as the night wore on, and their strange guests took hearty gulps of wine, the clay vessel never ran dry. The couple, at first relieved, grew terrified. Their guests weren’t humble peasants traveling the countryside.
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Explaining the Tree of...
developed fins equipped with muscles that enabled them to swim with speed and power so fish now dominated the waters of the world one group of them developed the ability to gulp air from the water surface
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Animal Attack! "Deadly"...
it captures its prey and with another quick opening and gulp it then swallows its victims even though they can grow to over a foot long and are the largest land dwelling salamanders in the world
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Gaboon Adder vs. Rat PIPE...
jaw so you can swallow the rat in one gigantic gulp you inject massive amounts of venom more than any other snake alive and enough to kill a human but you rarely do that swallowing a rat is one
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Baby Ducks' First Flight...
morning arrives in a hurry when the hatchlings first gaze at their mother she's 15 feet below calling for them to gulp jump down to her can you imagine how much courage you'd need to take the
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Puffer Fish PIPE National...
the otter captures the puffer yeah well sort of i mean not exactly okay the truth is the puffer gulps water until it resembles a beach ball and in
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Connected, but alone? PIPE...
a profound question. He said, "Don't all those little tweets, don't all those little sips of online communication, add up to one big gulp
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Connected, but alone? -...
profound question he said don't all those little tweets don't all those little sips of online communication add up to one big gulp of
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Never Before Seen!...
protect critical sealion resources in one of the more spectacular pieces of Crittercam video so far we can see this female working hard to handle a challenging prey item a large octopus too big to swallow in one gulp she drags
Video examples
Bed Bugs PIPE National...
will gush freely from your veins and here's a cheery fact a bedbug can drink three times its weight in a single meal talk about your big gulp here's something else to brighten your day if you've got a serious infestation you
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The myth of Zeus' test -...
Yet, as the night wore on, and their strange guests took hearty gulps of wine, the clay vessel never ran dry. The couple, at first relieved, grew terrified. Their guests weren’t humble peasants traveling the countryside.
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Explaining the Tree of...
developed fins equipped with muscles that enabled them to swim with speed and power so fish now dominated the waters of the world one group of them developed the ability to gulp air from the water surface
Video examples
Animal Attack! "Deadly"...
it captures its prey and with another quick opening and gulp it then swallows its victims even though they can grow to over a foot long and are the largest land dwelling salamanders in the world
Video examples
Gaboon Adder vs. Rat PIPE...
jaw so you can swallow the rat in one gigantic gulp you inject massive amounts of venom more than any other snake alive and enough to kill a human but you rarely do that swallowing a rat is one
Video examples
Baby Ducks' First Flight...
morning arrives in a hurry when the hatchlings first gaze at their mother she's 15 feet below calling for them to gulp jump down to her can you imagine how much courage you'd need to take the
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Puffer Fish PIPE National...
the otter captures the puffer yeah well sort of i mean not exactly okay the truth is the puffer gulps water until it resembles a beach ball and in
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Connected, but alone? PIPE...
a profound question. He said, "Don't all those little tweets, don't all those little sips of online communication, add up to one big gulp
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Connected, but alone? -...
profound question he said don't all those little tweets don't all those little sips of online communication add up to one big gulp of
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
British Historian
My wife Santa is a fanatical skier, going to Klosters many times a year. To please her, I have for 12 years tried to ski, abseil, mountain-climb, para-scend, heli-ski, land-lauf, ice-skate, toboggan, luge, bobsleigh, yodel, gulp gluhwein, dunk bread in cheese fondue, or even walk in the mountains. I have failed at every one of these pursuits.
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Dave Haywood
American Musician
I can still picture myself riding in the back of a Bronco to a field party after a rainstorm. My mama will kill me for saying this, but my first beer, I was 15 and I didn't know what to do with it. I thought you were supposed to chug it. So I just downed the whole thing in one gulp. All my friends were like, 'Duuuuuuude!
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William S. Burroughs
American Writer
Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet almost without exception, the wretched idiot inhabitants of our benighted planet would gulp down this radioactive excrement if it were offered.
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Jeannette Walls
American Writer
During recess at school, I'd slip back into the classroom and find something in some other kid's lunch bag that wouldn't be missed - a package of crackers, an apple - and I'd gulp it down so quickly I would barely be able to taste it.
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Sharon Draper
American Writer
Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.
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Judi Dench
English Actress
It was good to learn so early. They're not going to be kind to you. You have to do it and get on, and then gulp down and get better.
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Raymond Chandler
American Writer
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
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Eleanor Catton
New Zealander Author
I am a New Zealander, but I don't want to swallow New Zealand identity in one gulp.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
British Historian
My wife Santa is a fanatical skier, going to Klosters many times a year. To please her, I have for 12 years tried to ski, abseil, mountain-climb, para-scend, heli-ski, land-lauf, ice-skate, toboggan, luge, bobsleigh, yodel, gulp gluhwein, dunk bread in cheese fondue, or even walk in the mountains. I have failed at every one of these pursuits.
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Dave Haywood
American Musician
I can still picture myself riding in the back of a Bronco to a field party after a rainstorm. My mama will kill me for saying this, but my first beer, I was 15 and I didn't know what to do with it. I thought you were supposed to chug it. So I just downed the whole thing in one gulp. All my friends were like, 'Duuuuuuude!
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William S. Burroughs
American Writer
Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet almost without exception, the wretched idiot inhabitants of our benighted planet would gulp down this radioactive excrement if it were offered.
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Jeannette Walls
American Writer
During recess at school, I'd slip back into the classroom and find something in some other kid's lunch bag that wouldn't be missed - a package of crackers, an apple - and I'd gulp it down so quickly I would barely be able to taste it.
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Sharon Draper
American Writer
Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.
Quote examples
Judi Dench
English Actress
It was good to learn so early. They're not going to be kind to you. You have to do it and get on, and then gulp down and get better.
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Raymond Chandler
American Writer
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
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Eleanor Catton
New Zealander Author
I am a New Zealander, but I don't want to swallow New Zealand identity in one gulp.
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