gulp down
English
Verb
gulp down (third-person singular simple present gulps down, present participle gulping down, simple past and past participle gulped down)
- To eat very quickly without chewing the food properly.
- To drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time.
- (figurative) To believe without questioning; to swallow.
- 1755, Henry Fielding, A Voyage to Lisbon:
- The old man […] glibly gulped down the whole narrative.
Translations
to eat very quickly without chewing
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