1
as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form
hastily gulping down the last of her tea before rushing out the door
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2
as in inhaled
to swallow or eat greedily
you never taste your food—you just gulp it
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Recent Examples of gulped
Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
As studios gulped down profits, talent below and above the line began to demand adequate shares of the pie.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days.
—Mark Travers, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026
So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
As studios gulped down profits, talent below and above the line began to demand adequate shares of the pie.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days.
—Mark Travers, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026
So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulped
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Just around the corner from the rally on Tajrish Square, in a tranquil park near the Cinema Museum of Iran, locals perused an open-air book stall and sipped tea, while couples strolled hand in hand.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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One of the biggest surprise observations from that visit was that Yamazaki 12, the flagship single malt from Japan’s oldest malt distillery, wasn’t sipped neat or on the rocks like it is typically enjoyed in Japan.—
John Kell,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Rather than burn tobacco, e-cigarettes heat up a liquid consisting of nicotine, flavorings and additives that are inhaled as vapor.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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They’re spread primarily when droppings, urine or saliva get kicked into the air and inhaled — such as when sweeping up mouse droppings.—
Allison Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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In the study, people who drank between two and three daily cups of coffee or one or two cups of tea had lower subjective cognitive decline and performed better on cognitive tests.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
15 May 2026
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This reductive view of the world—women things bad, men things good—is the mirror image of the worst excesses of 2010s Tumblr feminism, when introverted teenage girls posted hashtags like #KillAllMen and drank from mugs that read MALE TEARS.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Defenseman John Carlson made a weak play off his forehand along the left-wing wall that was devoured by Ivan Barbashev, who snuck the puck past Granlund to Dorofeyev for a goal from the slot.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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These Avocado Oil Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips check all the right boxes—they’re crunchy, salty, gluten-free, kosher, and ready to be devoured.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
11 May 2026
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Bob always scoffed at the praise.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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Critics initially scoffed when Mozilla didn’t obtain CVE designations for any of the 271 vulnerabilities.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2026
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“Gulped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulped. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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