gulp
Plural: gulps
Noun
- a large and hurried swallow
- "he finished it at a single gulp"
- a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
- The usual amount swallowed.
- The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear.
- An unspecified small number of bytes, often two.
Verb
Verb Forms: gulped, gulping, gulps
- To swallow rapidly or with a single, large swallow.
- to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
- "The men gulped down their beers"
- utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly
- "He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat"
- To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
- To react nervously by swallowing.
Intj
- An indication of (the sound of) an involuntary fear reaction in the form of a swallowing motion.
Examples
- She watched her opponent play an unexpected ’Q’ for 50 points and could only gulp.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
draft, draught, gulping, quaff, swig, drink, hydrate, imbibe, slug, ulp, wet one's beak, wet one's whistle
Scrabble Score: 7
gulp: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgulp: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gulp: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary