gulped
past simple and past 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
Examplesofgulped
gulped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Some birdsgulpedwhole fruits, while others mashed fruits and let the seeds fall to the ground.
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In fact, 39% of all seeds weregulpedduring the cage experiments.
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Igulpeddown some ice-water from my glass and threw what was left into the detective's face.
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Therefore, we can assume that everygulpedseed is carried away from the parent tree.
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Gulpedseeds can be deposited under the parent tree when retention time is shorter than duration of visits.
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As the landlord drew two pints on the house for the timely helpers, a dozen peoplegulpeddown their drinks and left.
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The lung contains many thin-walled blood vessels, so blood flowing through those vessels can pick up oxygen from airgulpedinto the lung.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The food sogulpeddown is gradually digested inside the endoplasm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The subdued prey isgulpeddown whole.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thaegangulpedher favorite food.
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- banking firm
- banking industry
- banking law
- banking operation
- banking regulation
- banking secrecy
- banking sector
- banking supervision
- banking system
- banking transaction
- bank interest
- bank-interest
- bank lending
- bank-lending
- bank lending rate
- bank-lending-rate
- bank loan
- bank-loan
- bank manager
- bank-manager
- bank mandate
- bank-mandate
- bank money
- bank-money
- banknote