| 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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