gulp
/ɡʌlp/ · noun
Meaning
- The usual amount swallowed.
- The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear.
- An unspecified small number of bytes, often two.
- To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
- To react nervously by swallowing.
- An indication of (the sound of) an involuntary fear reaction in the form of a swallowing motion.
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