gulp

1. 1.

   to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

   “The men gulped down their beers”

   Synonymsquaffswig

   Broaderdrink
2. 2.

   utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly

   “He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat”

   Broadertalk

Other forms of gulp

plural

gulps·

past tense

gulped·

present participle

gulping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gulp

What does gulp mean?

gulp means "a large and hurried swallow". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gulp?

gulp has 1 syllable: gulp. In IPA it is /ˈɡʌlp/.

What is another word for gulp?

Close synonyms include draft, draught, swig, gulping, quaff. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gulp a common word?

gulp is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.