gulping 1 of 2

adjective

as in devouring

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gulping

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verb

present participle of gulp
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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Recent Examples of gulping
Verb
Others can’t stand the sound of gulping. — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 This viral anti-slip slow feeder lick bowl helps prevent gulping and bloating, while keeping your dogs entertained for longer with a healthy, fun challenge. — Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 25 May 2026 Yes, gulping the liquid the night before was an ordeal — try drinking three liters of anything in three hours, going to sleep, then waking up six hours later for one final liter. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026 Protostars are messy and dynamic, gulping down material in spurts and fits and ejecting powerful outflows of wind and jets that punch into the surrounding clouds. — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026 The cayenne pepper lingers on the tongue for a full minute after gulping the shot down. — April Benshosan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025 One night Icarius got all his friends together for a wine-tasting party that quickly got out of hand and turned into a wine-gulping party. — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025 The pressure is always on the taker, the player standing, gulping, trying desperately not to unload their lunch onto the turf, preparing to do something theoretically simple — kick the ball into the net from 12 yards with only one opponent able to stop them. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulping
  1. devouring
  2. sipping
  3. inhaling
  4. drinking
Adjective
  • That wall of water roared downstream, smashing and devouring.
    — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • Family drama fueled by Dorothy's world-devouring, man-eating antics aside, Scarpetta is also aiming to separate itself from the competition by leveraging a unique narrative structure that essentially adapts two of Cornwell's books in a single season.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of devouring
Verb
  • Somewhere on a porch in rural Tennessee, the late Dolly Parton may have held up a dainty martini glass, sipping away as the orange sun set behind the Great Smokies.
    — Angela George, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This quiet, cozy season is ideal for wandering the Gaslight District’s 100-some shops and galleries and sipping through the Petoskey Wine Trail.
    — Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of sipping
Verb
  • And in the summer working, caring for the garden, cultivating my plants, my food, inhaling the sun, seeing my skin become brown just as the flowers are also growing their colours, and my beloved garden plants are delivering their brilliant food.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
  • More studies are showing the wide-ranging negative health impacts of inhaling wildfire smoke, which is especially toxic when blazes tear through urban areas and burn up household appliances, batteries and chemicals.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of inhaling
Verb
  • Being the sober friend has never meant judging anyone else for drinking.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Indigenous people in the region have used yaupon holly in tea since well before the rise of Etowah (and someone is probably drinking some right now).
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
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“Gulping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulping. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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