gulp

«gulp» in Mova's school dictionary: To swallow food or drink quickly in big mouthfuls — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (gulp, gulps, gulped, gulping); noun (a gulp, gulps)

meaning for a pupil

1) To swallow food or drink quickly in big mouthfuls. tree →

2) To swallow suddenly because you are nervous, scared or surprised. tree →

3) (noun) A big swallow or mouthful: «a gulp of water». tree →

4) To breathe in air quickly: «gulp air». tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories «He gulped» shows a character is nervous or afraid. In health lessons: eat and drink slowly and do not gulp your food. Phrases: «gulp down», «in one gulp», «gulp for air». In comics «Gulp!» is the sound of a nervous swallow.

examples

• He gulped down his milk and ran out of the door. tree →
• Don't gulp your food; chew it properly. tree →
• She drank the water in one gulp. tree →
• I gulped when the teacher called my name. tree →
• The swimmer came up and gulped air. tree →
• Take a big gulp of air before you go under. tree →
• Gulp! The giant was looking right at me. tree →
• And holding the glass with his two hands, he swallowed the medicine at one gulp. tree →

note

Regular verb: gulped. «Gulp» is fast and big; «sip» is slow and small (the opposite). Gulping drinks too fast can give you hiccups or make you choke.

In the corpora

• A goldfish gulping at the surface is usually short of oxygen; a partial water change and a filter help.
• Swell sharks gulp water to puff themselves up and wedge into rock cracks so a predator cannot pull them out.
• Small sips before, during and after sport top you up; gulping two whole bottles at once just sloshes about in your tummy.
• Fizz is gas, so gulping fizzy drinks fills the stomach with bubbles and can cause burping and a stitch.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gulp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.