gulp

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  1. transitive verb To swallow greedily or rapidly in large amounts: gulp down coffee.
  2. transitive verb To choke back by or as if by swallowing.
  3. intransitive verb To choke or gasp, as in swallowing large amounts of liquid.
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

swallow ·  swig ·  gasp ·  draught ·  mouthful ·  sob ·  grunt ·  tumbler ·  jug ·  flask ·  gurgle ·  splash

Used in the same contextWord Family

gulp:   gulps ·  gulped ·  gulping
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From Middle English gulpen or from Flemish or Dutch gulpen.

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  1. from Dutch gulpen, Old Dutch gulpen, golpen, swallow eagerly (cf. Danish gulpe, gylpe, gulp up, disgorge). Cf. gulch. The D. gulp, n., a gulp, draught, is the same in form as gulp, a great billow, a wave, Old Dutch golpe, a gulf, apparently an altered form of golf, a billow, wave, gulf (see gulf), but gulp, n., a gulp, is rather from the verb, which is prob. not connected with the word for ‘gulf’
  2. from gulp, v.
 

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