| gulp | 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. Origin: D. Gulpen, cf. OD. Golpe gulf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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