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Gulp

Gŭlp, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. GULPED (gŭlpt); p. pr. & vb. n. GULPING.] [D. gulpen, golpen, from golpe, whirlpool, gulf, q. v.] To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up.

In all comic meters, the gulping of short syllables, and the abbreviation of syllables . . . are not so much a license as a law. Coleridge.

To gulp up, to throw up from the throat or stomach; to disgorge.

Gŭlp, n.

noun

n. 1. The act of taking a large swallow; a swallow, or as much as is swallowed at once. 2. A disgorging.