gulping

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gulping
    n 1: a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
         [syn: {gulp}, {gulping}]
    2: the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly [syn: {gulping},
       {swilling}, {guzzling}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gulp \Gulp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gulped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Gulping}.] [D. gulpen, cf. OD. golpe gulf.]
   To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to
   take down at one swallow.
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         He does not swallow, but he gulps it down. --Cowper.
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         The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole
         narrative.                               --Fielding.
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   {To gulp up}, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.
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