VERB | consumption | gulp, quaff, swig | to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught |
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communication | gulp | utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly | |
NOUN | act | gulp, draft, draught, swig | a large and hurried swallow |
act | gulp, gulping | a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing |
Sounds | gah'lp | |
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Rhymes | pulp |
Meaning | A large and hurried swallow. | |
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Example | "he finished it at a single gulp" | |
Synonyms | draft, draught, swig | |
Broader | swallow, drink, deglutition | The act of swallowing |
Spanish | latigazo, lingotazo, pelotazo, tragantada, trago, trinquis | |
Catalan | glopada, glop, trago | |
Verbs | gulp | to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught |
Meaning | A spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing. | |
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Synonym | gulping | |
Broader | reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction | An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
Spanish | trago | |
Verbs | gulp | to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught |
Meaning | To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | Sam and Sue gulp | |
Example | "The men gulped down their beers" | |
Synonyms | quaff, swig | |
Entails | swallow, get down | pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking |
Broader | drink, imbibe | take in liquids / liquids |
Spanish | beber a tragos, beber demasiado, beber, engullir, libar, tragar | |
Nouns | gulp | a large and hurried swallow |
gulp | a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing | |
gulper | a drinker who swallows large amounts greedily | |
gulping | the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly |
Meaning | Utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat" | |
Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
Nouns | gulping | a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing |
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