(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something, you eat or drink it very quickly by swallowing large quantities of it at once.
She quickly ~ed her tea.
VERB: V n
2.
If you ~, you swallow air, often making a noise in your throat as you do so, because you are nervous or excited. (WRITTEN)
I ~ed, and then proceeded to tell her the whole story...
‘I’m sorry,’ he ~ed.
VERB: V, V with quote
3.
If you ~ air, you breathe in a large amount of air quickly through your mouth.
She ~ed air into her lungs...
He slumped back, ~ing for air.
VERB: V n into n, V for n
4.
A ~ of air, food, or drink, is a large amount of it that you swallow at once.
I took in a large ~ of air...
When his whisky came he drank half of it in one ~.
N-COUNT: oft N of n