I.
noun
1 amount you swallow when you gulp
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , deep , great , huge , large , long
VERB + GULP
▪ take
▪
She took a large ~ of wine from the bottle.
▪ down sth in ( informal ), drink sth in , swallow sth in
▪
I downed it in one ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~s
▪
She drank the tea in great ~s.
▪ ~ of
2 act of gulping
ADJECTIVE
▪ loud , noisy
▪ quick
▪
She drained half the mug in one quick ~.
VERB + GULP
▪ give
▪
He gave a loud ~ and stopped mid-sentence.
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~
▪
‘I'm afraid I've broken it,’ she said with a ~.
PHRASES
▪ in one ~ , in a single ~
▪
He downed half the contents of the glass in one loud ~.
II.
verb
1 eat/drink sth quickly
ADVERB
▪ greedily
▪ quickly
▪
She quickly ~ed down the rest of her coffee.
▪ noisily
▪ down
▪
She ~ed down her coffee and left.
2 make a swallowing movement
ADVERB
▪ nervously
▪
The man ~ed nervously and nodded.
PHRASES
▪ ~ for air , ~ for breath
▪
Keith swam to the surface and ~ed for air.
Gulp is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ beer , ↑ brandy , ↑ food , ↑ mouthful , ↑ water , ↑ wine