gulp

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English gulpen, probably from West Flemish or Middle Dutch gulpen, golpen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps of imitative origin, or related to Dutch galpen (“to roar, squeal”), English galp, gaup (“to gape”). Related to German Low German gulpen (“to gush out, belch, gulp”), West Frisian gjalpe, gjalpje, gjealpje (“to gush, spurt forth”), Danish gulpe, gylpe (“to gulp up, disgorge”), dialectal Swedish glapa (“to gulp down”), Old English galpettan (“to gulp down, eat greedily, devour”). More at galp. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʌlp/ Rhymes: -ʌlp === Noun === gulp (plural gulps) The usual amount swallowed. Synonym: slug The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear. (rare, computing) An unspecified small number of bytes, often two. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === gulp (third-person singular simple present gulps, present participle gulping, simple past and past participle gulped) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drink To react nervously by swallowing. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === gulp An indication of (the sound of) an involuntary fear reaction in the form of a swallowing motion. Synonym: ulp === Further reading === swallowing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Gulp”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. “gulp”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. === Anagrams === plug == Dutch == === Etymology === Uncertain; possibly (by metathesis) from glop (“hole, opening”); also compare gleuf (“slot, slit”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣʏlp/ Hyphenation: gulp Rhymes: -ʏlp === Noun === gulp f (plural gulpen, diminutive gulpje n) fly; opening in a man's pants to facilitate relieving himself ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: gulp → Papiamentu: hòlpis (Aruba), hòlpi Indonesian: golbi === Further reading === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gulp2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute == Swedish == === Interjection === gulp gulp (expresses fear) == Turkmen == === Etymology === From Arabic قُفْل (qufl). Cognates with Uyghur قۇلۇپ (qulup), Uzbek qulf, Uzbek qulf, Kazakh құлып (qūlyp),Kyrgyz кулпу (kulpu). === Noun === gulp lock === Further reading === “gulp” in Enedilim.com “gulp” in Webonary.org