2. Verb. (third-person singular of gulp) ¹
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Definition of Gulps
1. gulp [v] - See also: gulp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulps
Literary usage of Gulps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Cf. also Low G. pullen, to drink in gulps (cf. E. to take л pull). Pulley. (F.
- L. - Gk.?) From F. poulie, ' a pully ;' Cot. Cf. \\a\.pu!eggia; ..."
2. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"Yea, earth that was cursed With a vehement thirst, Is drinking so eager you'd
fancy he'd burst ; And his hot chappy lips— As he gulps, tastes, ..."
3. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1893)
"__ A gulp, or as much as is sn-al- lowed at once in drinking : (S, L, K :) but
this requires consideration ; for in one ^Л> a man takes a number of gulps, ..."
4. Report by Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, Panama Canal (Panama), Health Dept (1915)
"Surface drainage is to Rock Creek and its tributaries, Stevens and gulps Runs.
... gulps Run rises in the south central part of Gettysburg, ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"He always gulps up some of the water used to force the food down. ... If he then
takes a drink of water and gulps it up again he feels relieved. ..."
6. Plays of the 47 Workshop by 47 workshop, Kenneth Raisbeck, Norman C. Lindau, Eleanor Holmes Hinckley, Doris F. Halman (1920)
"KATHLEEN [between gulps] Yes'm. MRS. CONNELLY. Why, whatever's the matter, girl?
KATHLEEN. That d — dispensation. MRS. CONNELLY. Kathleen, not another word ..."
7. Friday Nights: Literary Criticisms and Appreciations by Edward Garnett (1922)
"... Drowning the sound of earth That gulps and gulps in choked endeavor vain To
swallow the rain. Half the night too, only the wild air speaks With wind and ..."
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