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Gulping down
Answer for the clue "Gulping down ", 10 letters:
swallowing
Word definitions for swallowing in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swallow \Swal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swallowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swallowing .] [OE. swolewen, swolwen, swolhen, AS. swelgan; akin to D. zwelgen, OHG. swelahan, swelgan, G. schwelgen to feast, to revel, Icel. svelgia to swallow, SW. sv["a]lja, Dan. sv[ae]lge. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Swallowing , sometimes called deglutition in scientific contexts, is the process in the human or animal body that makes something pass from the mouth , to the pharynx , and into the esophagus , while shutting the epiglottis . Swallowing is an important ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of one who swallows. vb. (present participle of swallow English)
Usage examples of swallowing.
When she was finally standing before Rodney Jeffries, swallowing nervously, Harry gasped.
She looked up at the castle across the lake, swallowing, and Harry remembered when he climbed into one of the small boats with Ron, Hermione and Neville six years earlier, gazing awestruck at the vision that was Hogwarts castle.
After an outburst like that from Sirius, Harry swiftly put the gum in his mouth and chewed as quickly as he could, swallowing with great difficulty.
He paused, swallowing, looking at Ron and Ginny in turn, unsure how to say it.
Harry pulled her mouth to his, swallowing her cries before she went limp and collapsed, a glazed look in her eyes.
He cautiously stepped over the threshold and stood in the Great Hall, swallowing with apprehension.
Harry stopped chewing his cake, realized that his mouth was open, and shut it abruptly, swallowing with difficulty.
Harry nodded, swallowing, as something, a sort of reluctant knowledge, prickled along his scalp.
Borellus speaks of individuals swallowing stones, horns, serpents, and toads.
They formed the habit from seeing birds swallowing gravel after eating.
Glower of Chelmsford had a patient who lived ten years on a pint of tea daily, only now or then chewing a half dozen raisins or almonds, but not swallowing them.
Preslin speaks of a woman who invariably had a hemorrhage after swallowing a small quantity of vinegar.
The fish could be easily felt impacted in the tissues, but, after swallowing much water and vinegar, together with other efforts at extraction, the fins were loosened--about twenty-four hours after the accident.
He felt this thing moving, and it caused difficulty in swallowing, and occasionally vomiting.
The patient was a man of forty-two, and, some six weeks before he presented himself for treatment, before swallowing had experienced a severe pain low down in the neck.