gulp down
gulp down verb: to drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time.
Verb
gulp down (third-person singular simple present gulps down, present participle gulping down, simple past and past participle gulped down)
- To drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time.
- I am so constituted that I absolutely must gulp down the juice of three oranges before confronting the rigors of day.1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 7.7, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 190
- To eat very quickly without chewing the food properly.
- To believe without questioning; to swallow.
- The old man […] glibly gulped down the whole narrative.1755, Henry Fielding, A Voyage to Lisbon
gulp down meaning in Hindi and Urdu
gulp down in Hindi
- to gulp down, to bolt
- घुटकना ghuṭaknā, गटकना gaṭaknā
gulp down in Urdu
- نگلنا
Forms of gulp down
| third-person singular present | gulps down |
|---|---|
| present participle | gulping down |
| past participle | gulped down |
| past | gulped down |
Questions about gulp down
- What does gulp down mean?
- Gulp down means to drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time.
- What is gulp down in Hindi?
- Gulp down in Hindi is घुटकना (ghuṭaknā), गटकना (gaṭaknā). See Gulp down meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gulp down?
- Gulp down is a verb.
- What is the past tense of gulp down?
- The past tense of gulp down is gulped down.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gulp down (page history and authors); गटकना (Hindi) (page history and authors); gulp down (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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