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gulped down

gulped down is the simple past and past participle of gulp down.

Meaning of gulp down

Verb

gulp down (third-person singular simple present gulps down, present participle gulping down, simple past and past participle gulped down)

  1. 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
  2. To eat very quickly without chewing the food properly.
  3. (figuratively) To believe without questioning; to swallow.
    • The old man […] glibly gulped down the whole narrative.1755, Henry Fielding, A Voyage to Lisbon

Questions about gulped down

What is gulped down the simple past and past participle of?
Gulped down is the simple past and past participle of gulp down.

Words near gulped down in the dictionary

  1. gulp
  2. gulp down
  3. gulp up
  4. gulpable
  5. gulped
  6. gulped down
  7. gulped up
  8. Gulpen-Wittem
  9. gulper
  10. gulper eel
  11. gulper eels

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