gulp

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. The usual amount swallowed.
2. The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear.
3. (rare) An unspecified small number of bytes, often two.

Verb

1. To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
2. To react nervously by swallowing.

Intj

An indication of (the sound of) an involuntary fear reaction in the form of a swallowing motion.

Conceptes

beure

🥤

empassar-se

glop

glopada

trago

Sinònims

swallow

drink

🥤

sip

guzzle

swig

quaff

devour

draught

mouthful

draft

bolt

gulping

eat

🍽️

fuddle

ingest

gobble

swill

booze

take

large drink

suck

smoke

whole

clutter

cloud

☁️

barrel

clamour

cluster

circle

⭕

coalition

boar

🐗

chug

chowder

bike

🚲

band

army

cartload

busyness

bevy

drift

business

dram

bury

drove

bed

🛏️

eat up

embezzle

engulf

erst

auxiliary

Traduccions

trago

Schluck

gorgée

avaler

bere

🥤

schlucken

boire

🥤

sorso

tomar

πίνω

tragar

bibere

verschlingen

ingoiare

beber

🥤

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡʌlp/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: gulpen

Cognat amb neerlandès: galpen

Cognat amb anglès: galp

Cognat amb frisó occidental: gjalpe

Cognat amb danès: gulpe

Cognat amb suec: glapa

Cognat amb anglès antic: galpettan

In summary

From Middle English gulpen, probably from West Flemish or Middle Dutch gulpen, golpen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps of imitative origin, or related to Dutch galpen (“to roar, squeal”), English galp, gaup (“to gape”).
Related to German Low German gulpen (“to gush out, belch, gulp”), West Frisian gjalpe, gjalpje, gjealpje (“to gush, spurt forth”), Danish gulpe, gylpe (“to gulp up, disgorge”), dialectal Swedish glapa (“to gulp down”), Old English galpettan (“to gulp down, eat greedily, devour”). More at galp.