1
as in sipping
to swallow in liquid form
hastily gulping down the last of her tea before rushing out the door
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2
as in inhaling
to swallow or eat greedily
you never taste your food—you just gulp it
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as in devouring
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulping
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But inhaling enough can turn the act of breathing into an existential hazard, prompting or worsening asthma, COPD, respiratory infections, and permanent lung damage.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2025 -
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner released its official report on Carter's death on April 18, 2023, attributing his cause of death to drowning after inhaling difluoroethane and taking alprazolam, the generic form of brand-name Xanax.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Other home remedies are drinking hot tea with honey and lemon and breathing in steam from a hot shower.—
Amelia MacIntyre,
Verywell Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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There is a large group of armed guards drinking tea and letting cars in.—
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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My Chemical Romance hasn’t shared a full-length album in almost a decade and a half, but fans are clearly still devouring its discography.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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It will get stretched and compressed in one dimension, shredding it, accelerating its matter, and alternately devouring and ejecting the debris that arises from it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Gulping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulping. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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