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# gulp

«gulp» in Mova's school dictionary: **To swallow food or drink quickly in big mouthfuls** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (gulp, gulps, gulped, gulping); noun (a gulp, gulps)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To swallow food or drink quickly in big mouthfuls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/#m1)

2) To swallow suddenly because you are nervous, scared or surprised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/#m2)

3) (noun) A big swallow or mouthful: «a gulp of water». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/#m3)

4) To breathe in air quickly: «gulp air». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «He gulped» shows a character is nervous or afraid. In health lessons: eat and drink slowly and do not gulp your food. Phrases: «gulp down», «in one gulp», «gulp for air». In comics «Gulp!» is the sound of a nervous swallow.

### examples

- He gulped down his milk and ran out of the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/#x1)
- Don't gulp your food; chew it properly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/#x2)
- She drank the water in one gulp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/#x3)
- I gulped when the teacher called my name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/#x4)
- The swimmer came up and gulped air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/#x5)
- Take a big gulp of air before you go under. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/#x6)
- Gulp! The giant was looking right at me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/#x7)
- And holding the glass with his two hands, he swallowed the medicine at one gulp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: gulped. «Gulp» is fast and big; «sip» is slow and small (the opposite). Gulping drinks too fast can give you hiccups or make you choke.

### In the corpora

- [A goldfish gulping at the surface is usually short of oxygen; a partial water change and a filter help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/204-goldfish-and-pond-fish-the-three-second-memory-myth/13/)
- [Swell sharks gulp water to puff themselves up and wedge into rock cracks so a predator cannot pull them out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/311-sharks-by-kind-small-and-strange-walking-sharks-wobbegongs-cookiecutters-and-goblin-sharks/16/)
- [Small sips before, during and after sport top you up; gulping two whole bottles at once just sloshes about in your tummy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/51-water-fizzy-drinks-and-sports-drinks/2/)
- [Fizz is gas, so gulping fizzy drinks fills the stomach with bubbles and can cause burping and a stitch.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/51-water-fizzy-drinks-and-sports-drinks/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gulp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gulp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.