gulping
present participle ofgulp
gulp
verb
uk/ɡʌlp/us/ɡʌlp/[IorT]
toeatordrinkfoodorliquidquicklybyswallowingit inlargeamounts, or to make aswallowingmovementbecause offear,surprise, orexcitement:
She gulpeddownherdrinkand made ahastyexit.
When it was histurntodive, he gulped andsteppedup onto thedivingboard.
to drink
- drinkWhat would you like to drink?
- haveI don't let the children have sweet fizzy drinks.
- sipShe sipped the tea carefully because it was hot.
- swigHe was swigging milk from the bottle.
- gulp (down)Stop gulping your water!
- slurpThe children were eating pizza and slurping lemonade.
[T]
tobreathein alargeamountofairveryquickly
Eating
- al desko
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- break breadidiom
- cram
- fall on/uponsomeone
- feast
- feast onsomething
- feeder
- feeding
- inhale
- mainline
- partake
- pick
- pick atsomething
- picnic
- pig
- shovel
- trough
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Drinking
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
Phrasal verb
gulpsomethingback
Examplesofgulping
gulping
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Yet here we are losing 25,000 lives a year through thegulpingin of great masses of smoke from cigarettes, and nobody seems to care.
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A lot of drunkenness takes place through peoplegulpingdown drinks to keep within the drinking regulations.
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The swim bladder is connected to the esophagus, allowing forgulpingor rapid expulsion of air, a condition known as physostome.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fish develop pale gills, and may swim close to the water surface,gulpingfor air.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are noisy birds, especially at dawn and dusk, with a loud,gulpingcall.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These proposals may explain why premature infants spend 2.5% of their time hiccuping, possiblygulpinglike amphibians, as their lungs are not yet fully formed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The eggs are hatched from the combined pressure of the hatchlingsgulpingair.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The technique involves the use of the glottis to add to an inspiratory effort bygulpingboluses of air into the lungs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Meethi felt everyone could hear her swallowing orgulpingand so was embarrassed to go to school.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The purpose of the hiccupsomewhat like agulpingfor air or gaspingis to help promote a certain emotion, be it excitement, sadness or fear.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The names describe her as served by ghosts and asgulpingblood.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Part of the reason for this is their habit ofgulpingair from the surface.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He eliminates them all after a gory battle and downs his sorrows bygulpinga bottle of tequila.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once this action is completed and the oesophagus is fully inflated, the distinctivegulpingsound is made in the syrinx.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rorquals feed bygulpingin water, and then pushing it out through the baleen plates with their tongue.
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- debt reduction
- debt-reduction
- debt refinancing
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- debt relief
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