gulp

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

gorgée

Schluck

trago

avaler

bere

🥤

schlucken

sorso

boire

🥤

verschlingen

tomar

bibere

πίνω

beure

🥤

ingoiare

beber

🥤

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʌlp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gulpen

Cognate with Dutch: galpen

Cognate with English: galp

Cognate with Western Frisian: gjalpe

Cognate with Danish: gulpe

Cognate with Swedish: glapa

Cognate with Old English: 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.