English Dictionary: Gulp | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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 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.] |