gulp

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noun

1 amount you swallow when you gulp

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, deep, great, huge, large, long

VERB + GULP

▪ take

▪

She took a large gulp of wine from the bottle.

▪ down sth in (informal), drink sth in, swallow sth in

▪

I downed it in one gulp.

PREPOSITION

▪ in gulps

▪

She drank the tea in great gulps.

▪ gulp of

2 act of gulping

ADJECTIVE

▪ loud, noisy

▪ quick

▪

She drained half the mug in one quick gulp.

VERB + GULP

▪ give

▪

He gave a loud gulp and stopped mid-sentence.

PREPOSITION

▪ with a gulp

▪

‘I'm afraid I've broken it,’ she said with a gulp.

PHRASES

▪ in one gulp, in a single gulp

▪

He downed half the contents of the glass in one loud gulp.

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verb

1 eat/drink sth quickly

ADVERB

▪ greedily

▪ quickly

▪

She quickly gulped down the rest of her coffee.

▪ noisily

▪ down

▪

She gulped down her coffee and left.

2 make a swallowing movement

ADVERB

▪ nervously

▪

The man gulped nervously and nodded.

PHRASES

▪ gulp for air, gulp for breath

▪

Keith swam to the surface and gulped for air.

Gulp is used with these nouns as the object: ↑beer, ↑brandy, ↑food, ↑mouthful, ↑water, ↑wine