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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
gulp
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
▪ After the stale fug in the tiny cabin, she gulped down the clean sea air, the car window wide open.
▪ Then I gulped down two cups of water, very fast, to wash away the taste.
▪ Like being terribly thirsty and gulping down glass after glass of water.
▪ Now, gulping down antacid tablets, Rosenfeld grilled Bernstein and Woodward to find out how solid this latest story was.
▪ Moray eels squirm right to the water's edge and greedily gulp down the feast.
▪ He yearned to gulp down the coffee that remained, he craved to ask for more.
▪ The single four-barrel Holley carb can gulp down a staggering 750 cubic feet of air every minute at full throttle.
■ NOUN
air
▪ He seemed to gulp the air before speaking, like the fish his complexion called to her mind.
▪ They are all covered with sharp spines and have the ability to inflate their bodies by gulping air or water.
▪ Although I have not seen it scratch against rocks recently, it does still occasionally gulp air from the surface.
▪ The speaker is less likely to gulp for more air in mid-sentence.
▪ He twisted his head to gulp in air.
▪ I am gulping for air, and sobbing.
▪ When she had finished she leant against his car, gulping in the cold air.
▪ The library window was open and she went to stand by it, gulping in air.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Mandy read the test questions and gulped.
▪ Steve swam up to the surface and gulped in air.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He seemed to gulp the air before speaking, like the fish his complexion called to her mind.
▪ It seemed to parch his mouth as he gulped it down.
▪ Moray eels squirm right to the water's edge and greedily gulp down the feast.
▪ She gulped for breath, her eyes only inches from his.
▪ The first he gulped down; the second, savored.
▪ The nine-member group gulped, almost in unison.
▪ The springer spaniels, who gulp down what the children leave, will probably outlive next door's parrot.
▪ Then the fox tossed his head and gulped down the Gingerbread Man.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
▪ She was breathing in great gulps, but still there wasn't enough air.
▪ Turning was in the air and Taylor, as usual, took great heaving gulps of it.
▪ He always laughed noiselessly, his jaw snapping up and down as he took in great gulps of air.
▪ Riven downed a great gulp of the cold beer and felt it alternately chill and warm his gullet.
▪ He took a great gulp of the fresh air, enough to sustain him.
■ VERB
take
▪ He was eating a mess of pottage and taking deep gulps of wine from a large ornamental cup.
▪ He took a gulp and handed his cup to her.
▪ Helen took a gulp of tea, and felt herself begin to rally.
▪ Finally he took a desperate gulp of air, then another, then broke into an enormous sob.
▪ I took a grateful gulp of the champagne and looked round.
▪ Turning was in the air and Taylor, as usual, took great heaving gulps of it.
▪ Peach shuddered, and took a gulp of her milk.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Finally he took a desperate gulp of air, then another, then broke into an enormous sob.
▪ He lifted his glass to his lips, draining it at a gulp.
▪ He was eating a mess of pottage and taking deep gulps of wine from a large ornamental cup.
▪ I downed it in one gulp.
▪ No black striped bill had we seen, or slurring gulps heard.
▪ She was breathing in great gulps, but still there wasn't enough air.
▪ So Unwired created a software language to display text in short gulps.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gulp

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.

Gulp

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.]

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
gulp

late 14c., a native coinage or else from Flemish gulpe or Dutch gulpen "to gush, pour forth, guzzle, swallow," in any case possibly of imitative origin (compare Swedish dialectal glapa "to gulp down"). Related: Gulped; gulping.

gulp

1560s, from gulp (v.), or else from Flemish gulpe, Dutch gulp "stream of water, large draught."

Wiktionary
gulp

interj. Indication of an involuntary fear reaction. n. 1 The usual amount swallowed. 2 The sound of swallowing. 3 A sound of swallowing indicating fear. vb. 1 To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow. 2 To react nervously by swallowing.

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WordNet
gulp

  1. n. 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]

  3. v. to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers" [syn: quaff, swig]

  4. utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly; "He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat"

Wikipedia
Gulp (disambiguation)

A gulp refers to the act of swallowing.

Gulp may also refer to:

  • Grenada United Labour Party
  • Rai Gulp, an Italian children's television channel
  • Gulp (film), British animated short film
  • Gulp (Iraq), a city in Kurdistan and scene of several battles in Operation Viking Hammer
  • Gulp (river), in eastern Belgium and southeastern Netherlands
  • The "Big Gulp", a soft drink sold at 7-Eleven
  • Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, a book by Mary Roach
  • Gulp (band), a Wales-based band formed by Guto Pryce and Lindsey Leven
  • Gulp (software), a JavaScript automation tool
Gulp (river)

The Gulp is a long river in eastern Belgium and southeastern Netherlands. It flows through the Belgian provinces of Liège and Limburg, and the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a strongly meandering, fast flowing, left-bank tributary of the Geul river. Because of it strong meanders, it is difficult to determine its exact length.

During Roman times, the river was called Galopia or Gulippa, meaning little Geul or upper brook. The Gulp is a real trout brook: flowing fast and rich in oxygen. Brook trout is abundant. The landscape of the narrow Gulp valley resembles much the valley of the Geul: a fascinating mixture of deciduous forests, meadows, farmland, muddy banks, stream pools, orchards and holle wegen (eroded dirt roads).

Gulp (film)

Gulp is a 2011 British animated short film by Nokia and Aardman Animations. Wieden + Kennedy, an agency from Portland, is responsible for the campaign. It is considered a spiritual successor to another Aardman short, Dot. Gulp was filmed "on the world’s largest stop-motion set". The film is under 2 minutes long, and is followed by a behind the scenes featurette. The co-directors were Will Studd and Sumo Science.

Usage examples of "gulp".

I occasionally tried standing up, stretching, swivelling like Olympic atheletes do after gulping their anabolic steroids before track events, but you get fed up with fitness so I sat down again.

Abruptly she tilted lifted the cup to her mouth unsteadily and gulped the contents, choking and coughing, then thrust it out toward Bayle for more.

She gulped her drink straight down, using the booze to quench her thirst, which is not the way to treat the stuff, but I had reason to keep her happy.

Perceiving that his thoughts were beginning to veer wildly, Crockett gulped the last of his meal and followed Brockle Buhn to the anthracite tunnel.

Tally gulped, forcing herself to watch all the way down, until the guy was caught by his bungee jacket a few seconds before splatting.

Here Bunning took a handkerchief and began miserably to gulp and sniff.

Thomas Cadge devoured his meal in a few bites and gulps, and promptly curled up in the blanket Tannim got out of the trunk.

They walked along the river past the town and came to a spot where ceiba trees with slick green leaves and whitish bark and roots like alligator tails grew close to the shore, and there they ate and talked and listened to the water gulping against the clay bank, to the birds, to the faint noises from the airbase that at this distance sounded part of nature.

They walked along the river past the town and came to a spot where ceiba trees with massy crowns of slick green leaves and whitish bark and roots like alligator tails grew close to the shore, and there they ate and talked and listened to the water gulping against the clay bank, to the birds, to the faint noises from the airbase that at this distance sounded part of nature.

It had all ended up with gulping the last drops of whisky with Chi in my cabin and with an immediate subsequent collapse.

After making sure the door was unlatched, he lit a cigarillo, sat down at the table, and poured himself a drink of the Maryland whiskey that was so smooth it was a jailable offense in that state for anyone caught gulping it down.

Eventually, Tachyon rose from his chair and kind of wandered around the apartment for a while, then went to the liquor cabinet, mixed bourbon, gin, Cointreau, vodka, and brandy in a tall cocktail shaker, then gulped the lot.

She sits before the comp deck and puts her head between her legs, gulping air.

He gulped the first glass as his dehydrated tissues sucked up the moisture, then sipped a second cup, while he unwrapped a package of dry protein wafers and wolfed them down.

I gulped down some beverage which my host told me was good and which did not seem unpleasant.