gulp up

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

1. archaicintransitiveTo vomit.

   At the present time, October 15th, the patient gulps up, with little or no apparent effort, what resembles almost pure dark defibrinated blood

   1874, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal

2. transitiveTo consume.

   The fire gulped up the kitchen cabinets and gobbled up the dazzling living room furniture.

   2015, Stephanie A. Pointing, From Ashes to Roses

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   She jumped out of her bed, caught the thief red-handed by her throat, and beat her hard until the thief threw up the rest of the milk she had gulped up.

   2017, Assta Bereket Gettu, Fear Not, for I Am with You

   Synonyms: gulp down