gulp
Swallow in haste
Gulp is to swallow hastily or greedily, often in large mouthfuls: He gulped down his coffee and ran out the door.
It also describes the involuntary swallowing motion caused by fear or nervousness: She gulped when she saw the exam questions.
As a noun, a gulp is a single act of swallowing or the amount swallowed: He drained the glass in one gulp.
In British slang, a gulp can be a gullible person.
Liquid pouring sound
Large hasty draught
State of anxious unease
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- fearEmotional response to threat
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- lump in throatTight feeling when emotional
swallow hard · dry mouth · nervous · tense · worried · panic · heart-pounding · sweating
Sudden sharp breath
belch · breathless · panting · choke · sob · sniffle · catch breath · deep breath
Sudden sharp breath
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- startleFrighten suddenly
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
- wide-eyedShowing naive amazement
speechless · taken aback · stunned · disbelief · amazement · catch breath · sharp intake · sudden
throat
Neck's inner passage
guzzle · swig · quaff · bolt · slurp · choke · ingest · deglutition · gullet · pharynx
glug
Liquid pouring sound
swig
Large hasty draught
slug · nip · sip · draught · glug · belch · chugalug · long drink
nervousness
State of anxious unease
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- fearEmotional response to threat
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
swallow hard · lump in throat · dry mouth · nervous · tense · worried · panic · heart-pounding · sweating · trembling
gasp
Sudden sharp breath
burp · belch · breathless · panting · choke · sob · sniffle · catch breath · deep breath
gasp
Sudden sharp breath
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- startleFrighten suddenly
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
wide-eyed · speechless · taken aback · stunned · disbelief · amazement · catch breath · sharp intake · sudden · unexpected
- eating and drinkingeat, drink, chew, bite, swallow
- onomatopoeiabang, bam, boom, buzz, clang
- drinking watersip, swallow, drink, glass of water, water bottle
- hard G wordsgag, game, gap, gas, gate
- hydrationhydrated, water, drinking water, dehydrated, thirsty
- inward movementinhale, absorb, intake, retract, withdraw