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as in to sip
to swallow in liquid form
hastily gulping down the last of her tea before rushing out the door
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Recent Examples of gulp
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
At school, nothing was more shameful to me than seeing my father drinking from the water fountain, sucking and gulping.
—Ottessa Moshfegh, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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Noun
Even as dusk descended, people lined up to gulp from public fountains (another blessing), to fill their water bottles, or to splash their bare skin.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
Pick safe toys: Choose small, flat toys like flying discs instead of large ones that might encourage gulping water.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
At school, nothing was more shameful to me than seeing my father drinking from the water fountain, sucking and gulping.
—Ottessa Moshfegh, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulp
Noun
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Plus, Howl at the Moon will offer Swiftie sips, such as the Lucky One Miss Peaches Seltzer, Through the Orange Door jello shots, a TS12 shot, and That’s Showbiz cocktails and drink buckets.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Stop by the tasting room for sips of North Carolina vintages.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Plus, Howl at the Moon will offer Swiftie sips, such as the Lucky One Miss Peaches Seltzer, Through the Orange Door jello shots, a TS12 shot, and That’s Showbiz cocktails and drink buckets.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Loveland resident had just completed a school drop-off and was bringing a Caramel Dutch Bros drink home to his wife.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Simply inhaling for four counts and exhaling for four counts brings oxygen to your muscles, reducing the emotion's intensity and relaxing the body.—
Juli Fraga,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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Medicines needing to be inhaled or smoked are prohibited unless in a prescribed inhaler.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Tehran also has to say no to megaprojects that devour budgets and ecosystems.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Smith, the charity board member, stands in between the long blades of grass that have grown back where blazing fires devoured everything in its path just a year ago.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Players race to gobble up the most pepperoni marbles in each chaotic round.—
Clint Davis,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Figure skaters with cats on their heads, dog astronauts gobbling tennis balls, unusually agile horseback riders standing astride multiple animals — these were some of the snippets seen in its short video presentation.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Gulp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulp. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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