GULPING

gulp, gulping

(noun) a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing

gulping, swilling, guzzling

(noun) the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

gulping

present participle of gulp

Etymology 2

Noun

gulping (plural gulpings)

The action of one who gulps.

Source: Wiktionary


GULP

Gulp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gulped; p. pr. & vb. n. Gulping.] Etym: [D. gulpen, cf. OD. golpe gulf.]

Definition: To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow. He does not swallow, but he gulps it down. Cowper. The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole narrative. Fielding. To gulp up, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.

Gulp, n.

1. The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once.

2. A disgorging. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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