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Webster 1913 Edition


Gulp

Gulp

,
Verb.
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.

Gulp

,
Noun.
1.
The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once.
2.
A disgorging.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Gulp

GULP

,
Verb.
T.
To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts.
To gulp up, to throw up from the throat or stomach; to disgorge.

GULP

,
Noun.
A swallow, or as much as is swallowed at once.
1.
A disgorging.