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Definition of Gulping
1. Noun. A spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing.
Generic synonyms: Inborn Reflex, Innate Reflex, Instinctive Reflex, Physiological Reaction, Reflex, Reflex Action, Reflex Response, Unconditioned Reflex
Derivative terms: Gulp, Gulp
2. Noun. The drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly.
Generic synonyms: Drinking, Imbibing, Imbibition
Derivative terms: Gulp, Guzzle, Swill
Definition of Gulping
1. Verb. (present participle of gulp) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gulping
1. gulp [v] - See also: gulp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulping
Literary usage of Gulping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Romantic Spain: A Record of Personal Experiences by John Augustus O'Shea (1887)
"... of Tangier—On Slavery—The Writer's Idea of a Moorish Squire—The Ladder of
Knowledge —gulping Forbidden Liquor—Division of Time— Singular Customs—The ..."
2. The Lusiad: An Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, Thomas Moore Musgrave (1826)
"... and some swim buoyant with the tide; Others for ever sink beneath the waves,
gulping and vainly striving to reject The suffocating brine; and those who ..."
3. Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes on Words by Alexander Carmichael, James Carmichael Watson, Angus Matheson (1900)
"... gulping, gurgling, full of gulping ; from ' glug,' gulp. The term is applied
to a person who stammers, who makes a liquid noise in the throat, ..."
4. A Guide to homœopathic practice by Isaac D. Johnson (1885)
"gulping up a sour, bitter fluid at night, [also Puls. ... gulping up a bitter
fluid, [also Phos.] Mild, tearful disposition. Sepia'. ..."
5. The Concordance Repertory of the More Characteristic Symptoms of the Materia by William D. Gentry (1890)
"Frequent s. eructations, with hardness and distention of abdomen. Coni.
Frequent gulping up of s., bitter fluid, with vertigo. ..."
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