gulp
verb (used without object)
to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.
gulped
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past participleof gulp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof gulp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
gulpverb (used without object)to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.
Example Sentences
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Trout, their speckled flanks gleaming in the sun, gulped them down one by one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“The money question remains as to how many barrels vacated by India will be gulped up by the Chinese teapots,” Raj said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
"The ocean changed steadily and started encroaching the hotel. The last standing cottage was gulped by the sea in 2019, marking the end of my glorious hotel," Italian businessman Mr Macri told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2024
And when a Labrador retriever owned by another company officer gulped down a bagel impaled with a toothpick, he said, most of the resulting $10,5000 surgical bill was covered as well.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
I placed the nozzle to my cracked lips and gulped the sweetest water I have ever tasted.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
