gulp down

verb

To drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time.

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Meanings

verbgulp down (third-person singular simple present gulps down, present participle gulping down, simple past and past participle gulped down)

present singular third person gulps down · participle present gulping down · participle past gulped down · past gulped down

  1. transitiveTo drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time.

    I am so constituted that I absolutely must gulp down the juice of three oranges before confronting the rigors of day.

    1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 7.7, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 190
  2. transitiveTo eat very quickly without chewing the food properly.
  3. figurativelytransitiveTo believe without questioning; to swallow.

    The old man […] glibly gulped down the whole narrative.

    1755, Henry Fielding, A Voyage to Lisbon

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
gulp upwolf

Translations

Ancient Greek λαφύσσω
  • λαφύσσω (laphússō)to eat very quickly without chewing
Bulgarian поглъщам
  • поглъщам (poglăštam)to eat very quickly without chewing
German hinunterstürzen, hinuntergießen
  • hinunterstürzento drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time
  • hinuntergießento drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time
  • hinunterkippento drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time
  • hinunterschlingento eat very quickly without chewing
Italian inghiottire
  • inghiottireto eat very quickly without chewing
Latin gluttiō
  • gluttiōto eat very quickly without chewing
Polish wypijać duszkiem, wypić duszkiem
  • wypijać duszkiemto drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time
  • wypić duszkiemto drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time
  • pożeraćto eat very quickly without chewing
  • pożrećto eat very quickly without chewing
Portuguese tragar
  • tragarto eat very quickly without chewing
Spanish engullir
  • engullirto eat very quickly without chewing
Turkish lıkır lıkır içmek, lüpletmek
  • lıkır lıkır içmekto drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time
  • lüpletmekto eat very quickly without chewing
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APA

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Chicago

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