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Meanings of
gulping
in English
Portuguese
bebida
Catalan
glop
Spanish
trago
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The drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly.
guzzling
swilling
Portuguese
bebida
Spanish
trago
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A spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing.
gulp
Spanish
trago
Usage of
gulping
in English
1
You're hardly the one to talk, the way you're
gulping
it down.
2
The moment passed, and Saleh came back to himself,
gulping
at air.
3
Fear gripped the men when they saw Charybdis
gulping
down the sea.
4
He gave a
gulping
sob every so often, and his shoulders shook.
5
He said, pausing a moment over
gulping
his inevitable bread and cheese:
6
He began
gulping
down the hot tea before it was well made.
7
Maginnis, looking more harried than usual, was
gulping
a whiskey and soda.
8
I don't know! she cried,
gulping
air as if she were drowning.
9
McGuire lay motionless for five minutes, before the snorting and
gulping
began.
10
While I was down there
gulping
and choking I could feel it.
11
He couldn't stop from
gulping
in a mouthful of the putrid Thames.
12
He drank without tasting,
gulping
it down until there was no more.
13
Hoxer swallowed hard,
gulping
down his own wrath and sense of injury.
14
The things he had said-his weeping,
gulping
-
all
part
of an incomprehensible business.
15
Here, then, Frank stood in the midst of them,
gulping
his soup.
16
The jaws opened and shut without a pause, biting, chewing,
gulping
ferociously.
Other examples for "gulping"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
gulping
Noun
Singular
gulp
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
gulp down
gulp air
gulp water
gulp back
gulp sobs
More collocations
Translations for
gulping
Portuguese
bebida
Catalan
glop
trago
Spanish
trago
Gulping
through the time
Gulping
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common