gulp
verb (used without object)
to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.
have gulped
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present perfectof gulp.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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When Farrell singled out Mack Hansen for praise after the Western Force game last weekend, Freeman might have gulped hard.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
Even an exceptional teenager might have gulped at being asked to start his career in England by subduing an attack that had just fired seven goals past the champions.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2020
New fruit could soon replace the two vintage orange varieties — the Hamlin and the Valencia, a juice mixture that most Americans have gulped for decades.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2019
Yet it’s not just courts that have gulped at overruling the executive’s presumptions of power.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2015
"Ha!" said he, after drinking and smacking his lips, "there's vintage for you—and I have gulped it down at a swallow as if it were heel-taps!"
From The Companions of Jehu by Alexandre Dumas père
