gulping
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʌlpɪŋ/
Etymology 1
From gulp + -ing.
Verb
gulping
- present participle of gulp
Etymology 2
From Middle English gulpinge, golping, equivalent to gulp + -ing.
Noun
gulping (plural gulpings)
- The action of one who gulps.
- 2002, Melvin Jules Bukiet, Stories of an imaginary childhood, page 35:
- Distracted by the munchings and gulpings that punctuated my father's theology, I lost my place in his dialogue.
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