Definitions
a large and hurried swallow
Word origin
From Middle English gulpen, probably from West Flemish or Middle Dutch gulpen, golpen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps of imitative origin, or related to Dutch galpen (“to roar, squeal”), English galp, gaup (“to gape”).
Used in a sentence
“What the liquor was I do not know, but it was not so strong but that I could swallow it in great gulps and found it less burning than my burning throat.”
“Little Stanislovas was also trembling, and all but too frightened to speak. "They — they sent me to tell you — " he said, with a gulp.”
“Indeed, the envisioned future should produce a bit of "the gulp factor" […], there should be an almost audible "gulp".”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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