Gulp - English meaning

noun

A bar that slides into a socket to fasten a door or window.

Usage examples:

He reached through the hole in the door and slid the bolt on the inside.

verb

Fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket.

Usage examples:

All the doors were locked and bolted

verb

(of a horse or other animal) run away suddenly, typically from fear.

Usage examples:

The horses shied and bolted

verb

(of a vehicle or boat) move slowly making regular muffled explosive sounds, as of an engine running slowly.

Usage examples:

A cabin cruiser was chugging down the river

noun

A muffled explosive sound or sounds.

Usage examples:

The chug of a motorboat

noun

A large gulp of a drink.

Usage examples:

Chris took a long chug of his beer

verb

Completely fill (a place or container) to the point of overflowing.

Usage examples:

The ashtray by the bed was crammed with cigarette butts

verb

Crowd or pack to capacity

verb

Eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.

Usage examples:

He devoured half of his burger in one bite

verb

To eat eagerly and in large amounts, so that nothing is left

Usage examples:

He devoured the entire plate of spaghetti., fig. she devoured (= read eagerly and quickly) the nove…

adverb

Towards or in a lower place or position, especially to or on the ground or another surface.

Usage examples:

She looked down

preposition

From a higher to a lower point of (something).

Usage examples:

Up and down the stairs

adjective

Directed or moving towards a lower place or position.

Usage examples:

The down escalator

verb

Eat (something) hurriedly and noisily.

Usage examples:

He gobbled up the rest of his sandwich

verb

(of a turkeycock) make a characteristic swallowing sound in the throat.

Usage examples:

Back in 1505, turkeys were still gobbling innocently around america.

verb

To eat quickly and sometimes with a lot of noise

Usage examples:

[ m ] she gobbled up/down her lunch and hurried back.

verb

Eat or drink (something) greedily.

Usage examples:

He would guzzle his ale

verb

To drink or eat something eagerly or in large amounts

Usage examples:

He sat in the shade, guzzling cold soda.

noun

The part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body.

Usage examples:

She had a silver crucifix around her neck

verb

(of two people) kiss and caress amorously.

Usage examples:

We started necking on the sofa

noun

The part of the body that joins the head to the shoulders

Usage examples:

She rubbed her neck., his shirt was open at the neck., a vase with a long neck

abbreviation

Page.

Usage examples:

See p 784

symbol

(in units of measurement) pico- (10−12).

Usage examples:

A 220 pf capacitor

noun

The sixteenth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Let’s have an ‘s’ for speedy, and a ‘p’ for polly, intertwined on the top of the cake, in red frost…

verb

Drink (something, especially an alcoholic drink) heartily.

Usage examples:

He quaffed pint after pint of good berkshire ale

noun

An alcoholic drink.

Usage examples:

Porter is a dark, malty quaff

verb

To drink something quickly or in large amounts

noun

Matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied.

Usage examples:

I prefer to buy stuff in sales

verb

Fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.

Usage examples:

An old teapot stuffed full of cash

verb

The tangible substance that goes into a physical object

verb

Cause or allow (something, especially food or drink) to pass down the throat.

Usage examples:

She swallowed a mouthful slowly

noun

An act of swallowing something, especially food or drink.

Usage examples:

He downed his drink in one swallow

noun

A migratory swift-flying songbird with a forked tail and long pointed wings, feeding on insects in flight.

Usage examples:

The central aim of our study was to demonstrate that both natural and sexual selection have been im…

verb

Drink in large gulps.

Usage examples:

Dave swigged the wine in five gulps

noun

A large gulp of drink.

Usage examples:

He took a swig of tea

verb

To drink something in large swallows

Usage examples:

He took a swig of coffee.

noun

A wild carnivorous mammal which is the largest member of the dog family, living and hunting in packs. it is native to both eurasia and north america, but is much persecuted and has been widely exterminated.

Usage examples:

Among wild dogs and wolves, the cooperative hunting pack includes both males and females, and they …

verb

Devour (food) greedily.

Usage examples:

He wolfed down his breakfast

noun

Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of north america and eurasia that usually hunt in packs