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gulp
- /ɡʌlp/
Rhymes with -ʌlp
Where it comes from
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”).
Related to German Low German gulpen (“to gush out, belch, gulp”), West Frisian gjalpe, gjalpje, gjealpje (“to gush, spurt forth”), Danish gulpe, gylpe (“to gulp up, disgorge”), dialectal Swedish glapa (“to gulp down”), Old English galpettan (“to gulp down, eat greedily, devour”). More at galp.
noun gulps
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The usual amount swallowed.
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.
Similar: slug
- The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear. Little Stanislovas was also trembling, and all but too frightened to speak. "They — they sent me to tell you — " he said, with a gulp.
- An unspecified small number of bytes, often two.
verb gulps · gulping · gulped
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To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
He does not swallow, but he gulps it down.
Similar: swig, drink, hydrate, imbibe, wet one's whistle, wet one's beak
- To react nervously by swallowing. The man eyed Percy with a chilly eye. "Well," he said, "What's troublin you?" Percy gulped. The man's mere appearance was a sedative. "Er-nothing! […]"
interjection
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An indication of (the sound of) an involuntary fear reaction in the form of a swallowing motion.
"Honey, I know you want to go to their home next week, but there's one thing that keeps happening when we're together that really drives me away from social gatherings in general. (Oh, what is it … gulp.) Well, I'm not sure I can really explain it without offending you. (Gulp, gulp.) Do you really w
Similar: ulp
Translations
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noun usual amount swallowed
| Español | trago, tucún, buche, lapo, bochinche |
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| Português | gole |
| Français | gorgée, trait |
| Deutsch | Schluck |
| Ελληνικά | γουλιά gouliá, χαψιά chapsiá |
| Română | înghițitură |
| Русский | глото́к glotók |
| Tiếng Việt | ngụm |
noun sound of swallowing indicating fear
| Español | glup |
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verb to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
| Español | tragar, zampar, deglutir, engullir, embuchar, embocar |
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| Deutsch | schlingen, verschlingen |
| Ελληνικά | ρουφώ roufó |
| Русский | глота́ть glotátʹ, глотну́ть glotnútʹ, загла́тывать zaglátyvatʹ, заглоти́ть zaglotítʹ, заглотну́ть zaglotnútʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | ực, nuốt |
verb to react nervously
| Русский | сгла́тывать sglátyvatʹ, сглотну́ть sglotnútʹ |
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title = {gulp},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gulp},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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