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Collocations for gulp - noun

1. amount you swallow when you gulp

ADJECTIVE

big, deep, great, huge, large, long

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VERB + gulp

take
She took a large gulp of wine from the bottle.
down sth in (informal), drink sth in, swallow sth in
I downed it in one gulp.

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PREPOSITION

in gulps
She drank the tea in great gulps.
gulp of

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2. act of gulping

ADJECTIVE

loud, noisy
quick
She drained half the mug in one quick gulp.

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VERB + gulp

give
He gave a loud gulp and stopped mid-sentence.

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PREPOSITION

with a gulp
‘I'm afraid I've broken it,’ she said with a gulp.

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PHRASES

in one gulp, in a single gulp
He downed half the contents of the glass in one loud gulp.

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Collocations for gulp - verb

1. eat/drink sth quickly

ADVERB

greedily
quickly
She quickly gulped down the rest of her coffee.
noisily
down
She gulped down her coffee and left.

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2. make a swallowing movement

ADVERB

nervously
The man gulped nervously and nodded.

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PHRASES

gulp for air, gulp for breath
Keith swam to the surface and gulped for air.

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Gulp is used with these nouns as the object:
beer, brandy, food, mouthful, water, wine

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