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as in to sip
to swallow in liquid form
hastily gulping down the last of her tea before rushing out the door
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Recent Examples of gulp
Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
Indeed, wine is a fundamentally a convivial beverage; it is not meant to be chugged, slammed, or gulped.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
When concert halls around the country shuttered their doors and gulped with anxiety about the pandemic future — this was March 2020, not that anyone has forgotten — Martha Gilmer saw an opportunity.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
Fantastic creatures When scientists observed dark sleeper fish gulping down young Japanese eels, some of the eels were able to hatch an escape through the predator’s gills in a matter of minutes.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Sep. 2024
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Verb
The three of them confronting the guy — Chet, is pretty hilarious, and Paul successfully scares him into gulping in fear.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
Indeed, wine is a fundamentally a convivial beverage; it is not meant to be chugged, slammed, or gulped.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
When concert halls around the country shuttered their doors and gulped with anxiety about the pandemic future — this was March 2020, not that anyone has forgotten — Martha Gilmer saw an opportunity.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
Fantastic creatures When scientists observed dark sleeper fish gulping down young Japanese eels, some of the eels were able to hatch an escape through the predator’s gills in a matter of minutes.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulp
Noun
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Think clean, refreshing sips rather than sugary sweetness.Noel Burgess, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Stop by the tasting room for sips of North Carolina vintages.Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Neighbors called the residents of the apartment where Portillo was found dead problem tenants who were known to drink excessively and act rowdy.Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Angelle’s go-to drink for this month is an Orange Brûlée.Patrice J. Williams, Essence, 15 Jan. 2025
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Human infections occur when the virus enters the eyes, nose or mouth, or is inhaled through airborne droplets, aerosol particles or dust.Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
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Share [Findings] Bottlenose dolphins, who were found to inhale and exhale microplastics, respond to a smile with a smile one third of the time.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Fishing is the largest export in the country, but that doesn’t mean locals aren’t devouring it by the shipful.Claire Volkman, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
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More than a billion years ago a hungry cell devoured a tiny blue-green algae.Saugat Bolakhe, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2025
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After all, there's nothing worse than a funnel cake that's not gobbled up in a cloud of sugar.Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
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Alternatively, this exoplanet could have grown by gobbling up large amounts of solid materials rather than just gases.Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Gulp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulp. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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