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Collocations for gulp - noun

1. amount you swallow when you gulp

ADJ.

deep, great, huge, large, long

VERB + GULP

take
She took a large gulp of wine from the bottle.

PREP.

in ~s
She drank the tea in great gulps.
~ of

2. act of gulping

ADJ.

loud, noisy

VERB + GULP

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

PREP.

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

PHRASES

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

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