gulp down

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gulp down

verb gulps down · gulping down · gulped down

  1. transitive To drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time. I am so constituted that I absolutely must gulp down the juice of three oranges before confronting the rigors of day.
  2. transitive To eat very quickly without chewing the food properly.
  3. figuratively, transitive To believe without questioning; to swallow. The old man […] glibly gulped down the whole narrative.

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verb to drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time

Deutschhinunterstürzen, hinuntergießen, hinunterkippen

verb to eat very quickly without chewing

Españolengullir
Portuguêstragar
Deutschhinunterschlingen
Italianoinghiottire

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@misc{gulp_down_2026,
  title = {gulp down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gulp%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}