Definizione monolingua

gulp

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

1. To swallow.
2. To react nervously by swallowing.
   • 1930, P. G. Wodehouse, A Damsel in Distress, 2004, page 198

     The man eyed Percy with a chilly eye. ""Well,"" he said, ""Whats troublin you?"" Percy gulped. The mans mere appearance was a sedative. ""Er-nothing! […]""

   • 2003, Carl Deuker, High Heat, page 140

     Id always been nervous-excited; this was nervous-terrified. When I finished puking, I sat down gulping air for a while, trying to pull myself together.

   • 2006, Nancy Anne Nicholson, Thin White Female in No Acute Distress: A Memoir, page 187

     My heart was beating madly and I was gulping nervous energy.

gulp (plural gulps)

1. The usual amount swallowed.
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4

     What the liquor was I do not know, but it was not so strong but that I could swallow it in great gulps and found it less burning than my burning throat.

2. The sound of swallowing.
3. A sound of swallowing indicating fear.
   • 1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle

     Little Stanislovas was also trembling, and all but too frightened to speak. ""They — they sent me to tell you — "" he said, with a gulp.

   • 1994, James Charles Collins, Jerry I. Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

     Indeed, the envisioned future should produce a bit of ""the gulp factor"" […], there should be an almost audible ""gulp"".

Definizione dizionario gulp

	bere
	Assumere dei liquidi attraverso la bocca.
	To consume a liquid through the mouth.

boccata

boccone

deglutire

inghiottire

ingoiare

ingoio

ingurgitare

mandar giù

sorsata

sorso

tracannare

trangugiare

Altri significati:

The sound of swallowing.

To swallow.

The usual amount swallowed.

to swallow

usual amount swallowed

To react nervously by swallowing.

Indication of an involuntary fear reaction.

A sound of swallowing indicating fear.