gulp

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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.

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sluk — usual amount swallowed
• Armenian: կում (kum) — usual amount swallowed
• Armenian: ումպ (ump) — usual amount swallowed
• Azerbaijani: udum — usual amount swallowed
• Azerbaijani: qurtum — usual amount swallowed
• Azerbaijani: içim — usual amount swallowed
• Bulgarian: глътка (glǎtka) — usual amount swallowed
• Catalan: glop — usual amount swallowed
• Czech: lok — usual amount swallowed
• Czech: hlt — usual amount swallowed
• Dutch: slok — usual amount swallowed
• Finnish: nielaus — usual amount swallowed
• Finnish: kulaus — usual amount swallowed
• Finnish: huikka — usual amount swallowed
• French: gorgée — usual amount swallowed
• French: trait — usual amount swallowed
• Galician: chope — usual amount swallowed
• Galician: grolo — usual amount swallowed
• Galician: gulapo — usual amount swallowed
• Galician: trago — usual amount swallowed
• Galician: groucho — usual amount swallowed
• German: Schluck — usual amount swallowed
• Greek: γουλιά (gouliá) — usual amount swallowed
• Greek: χαψιά (chapsiá) — usual amount swallowed
• Ancient Greek: βρόχθος (brókhthos) — usual amount swallowed
• Hungarian: falat — usual amount swallowed
• Hungarian: korty — usual amount swallowed
• Ingrian: klonksu — usual amount swallowed
• Kapampangan: aldukan — usual amount swallowed
• Latgalian: guļdzs — usual amount swallowed
• Latvian: malks — usual amount swallowed
• Lithuanian: gurkšnis — usual amount swallowed
• Lithuanian: maukas — usual amount swallowed
• Maltese: belgħa — usual amount swallowed
• Māori: haupa — usual amount swallowed
• Māori: whaupa — usual amount swallowed
• Portuguese: gole — usual amount swallowed
• Romanian: înghițitură — usual amount swallowed
• Russian: глото́к (glotók) — usual amount swallowed
• Spanish: trago — usual amount swallowed
• Spanish: tucún — usual amount swallowed
• Spanish: buche — usual amount swallowed
• Spanish: lapo — usual amount swallowed
• Spanish: bochinche — usual amount swallowed
• Swedish: klunk — usual amount swallowed
• Vietnamese: ngụm — usual amount swallowed
• Bulgarian: гълтане (gǎltane) — sound of swallowing
• Finnish: nielaus — sound of swallowing
• German: schlucken — sound of swallowing
• Hungarian: nyelés — sound of swallowing
• Hungarian: kortyolás — sound of swallowing
• Japanese: ゴク (goku) — sound of swallowing
• Spanish: glup — sound of swallowing
• Spanish: gluglú — sound of swallowing
• Vietnamese: ực — sound of swallowing
• Finnish: nielaus — sound of swallowing indicating fear
• Spanish: glup — sound of swallowing indicating fear
• Armenian: կուլ տալ (kul tal) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Armenian: կլանել (klanel) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Azerbaijani: qurtumlamaq — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Bulgarian: гълтам (gǎltam) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Bulgarian: поглъщам (poglǎštam) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Czech: zhltnout — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Czech: hltat — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Czech: hodit do sebe — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Dutch: slokken — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Dutch: inslikken — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Esperanto: trinkegi — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Finnish: kulautella — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Finnish: kulauttaa — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Finnish: siemaista — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Galician: engulir — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• German: schlingen — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• German: verschlingen — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Greek: ρουφώ (roufó) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Ancient Greek: κάπτω (káptō) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Ancient Greek: λάπτω (láptō) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Hungarian: (mohón) lenyel — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Icelandic: gleypa — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Ingrian: luikata — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Macedonian: голта (golta) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Māori: whaupa — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Māori: horopeta — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Māori: horomi — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Māori: karapetau — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Norwegian Bokmål: belme — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Russian: глота́ть (glotátʹ) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Russian: глотну́ть (glotnútʹ) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Russian: загла́тывать (zaglátyvatʹ) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Russian: заглоти́ть (zaglotítʹ) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Russian: заглотну́ть (zaglotnútʹ) — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Spanish: tragar — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Spanish: zampar — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Spanish: deglutir — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Spanish: engullir — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Spanish: embuchar — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Spanish: embocar — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Swedish: klunka — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Swedish: kolka — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Swedish: bälga — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Vietnamese: ực — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Vietnamese: nuốt — to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
• Bulgarian: преглъщам (preglǎštam) — to react nervously
• Czech: naprázdno polknout — to react nervously
• Finnish: nielaista — to react nervously
• Hungarian: nyel egyet — to react nervously
• Russian: сгла́тывать (sglátyvatʹ) — to react nervously
• Russian: сглотну́ть (sglotnútʹ) — to react nervously
• Swedish: svälja — to react nervously