gollop

/ (ˈɡɒləp) /

verb

to eat or drink (something) quickly or greedily

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

To stew in a sauce for a long time.

To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.

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Derived forms of gollop

golloper, noun

Word Origin for gollop

dialect variant of gulp

Words nearby gollop

goliath frog, go light on, golilla, golliwog, golliwogg, gollop, golly, gollywobbler, goloshes, golp, Golschmann

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Example sentences from the Web for gollop

And then Mr. Gollop sat up and grinned with the culminating joy of the morning!
Mixed Faces|Roy Norton
Tell her Mr. Gollop has gone—called away hurriedly; just in time to catch a train; no time to pack.
Mixed Faces|Roy Norton
Gollop sometimes assumed that prodigious seriousness when about to pass out specimens of his best humor.
Mixed Faces|Roy Norton
"I hope you remember me too, Mr. Gollop," she said, after he had automatically shaken hands with her mother.
Mixed Faces|Roy Norton

At the end of four days, Mr. Gollop, making the excuse of urgent business, entrained for New York.
Mixed Faces|Roy Norton

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