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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gulp \Gulp\, n. 1. The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once. 2. A disgorging. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gulp n 1: a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp" [syn: {draft}, {draught}, {swig}] 2: a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing [syn: {gulping}] v 1: to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught: "My car gulped 20 gallons without even wiping its mouth." [syn: {quaff}, {swig}] 2: utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly; "`Help,'" he gulped. 3: eat greedily [syn: {devour}, {guttle}, {raven}, {pig}]
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