"gulp down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gulps down [present, singular, third-person], gulping down [participle, present], gulped down [participle, past], gulped down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} gulp down (third-person singular simple present gulps down, present participle gulping down, simple past and past participle gulped down)
  1. To drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time. Translations (to drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time): hinunterstürzen (German), hinuntergießen (German), hinunterkippen (German), wypijać duszkiem [imperfective] (Polish), wypić duszkiem [perfective] (Polish), lıkır lıkır içmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-gulp_down-en-verb-HekUVJwH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Food and drink Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 27 30 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 59 19 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 23 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 22 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 15 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 55 18 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 67 14 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 12 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 74 12 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 74 12 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 63 16 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 75 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 71 12 17 Disambiguation of Food and drink: 58 42 0 Disambiguation of 'to drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time': 88 11 1
  2. To eat very quickly without chewing the food properly. Translations (to eat very quickly without chewing): λαφύσσω (laphússō) (Ancient Greek), поглъщам (poglǎštam) (Bulgarian), hinunterschlingen (German), inghiottire (Italian), gluttiō (Latin), pożerać [imperfective] (Polish), pożreć [perfective] (Polish), tragar (Portuguese), engullir (Spanish), lüpletmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-gulp_down-en-verb-D6LWp0Gg Disambiguation of 'to eat very quickly without chewing': 35 53 12
  3. (figurative) To believe without questioning; to swallow. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-gulp_down-en-verb-y4Yvrouf

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