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gulps down

gulps down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 gulps down

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Gulps down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gulp down.

Words near gulps down in the dictionary

  1. gulping up
  2. gulpingly
  3. gulpings
  4. gulpins
  5. gulps
  6. gulps down
  7. gulps up
  8. gulpsful
  9. gulpy
  10. gulqand
  11. gulravage

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