gulp

Definition

  • verb: to eat or swallow (something) quickly or in large amounts
  • verb: to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one swallow
  • often + 'down'

Examples

  • The exhausted racers lay on the ground, 'gulping' air.

  • We gobbled up the cookies between 'gulps' of coffee.

  • He 'gulped back' tears as he thanked the rescuers.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and I... What? - I'm redlining. My O tank pressure is low. Your tank is out of oxygen but you still have it in your suit. - Got it. So you have to sip, not gulp. Wine, not beer. Sip, Ryan. Houston, in the blind, we have a visual of the ISS. The station must have been evacuated (..)
    2013 Gravity