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.

 

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Gulp, n.

1.

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

2.

A disgorging.

[Colloq.]

 

© Webster 1913.

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