[syn: gulping, swilling, guzzling]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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He does not swallow, but he gulps it down. --Cowper.
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The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole
narrative. --Fielding.
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To gulp up, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gulping
n 1: a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
[syn: gulp, gulping]
2: the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly [syn: gulping,
swilling, guzzling]