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gulp | false |
The usual amount swallowed.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
The sound of swallowing.
A sound of swallowing indicating fear.
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* 1994 , James Charles Collins, Jerry I. Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.
* Cowper
* Fielding
To react nervously by swallowing.
* 1930 , P. G. Wodehouse, A Damsel in Distress , 2004, page 198
* 2003 , Carl Deuker, High Heat , page 140
* 2006 , Nancy Anne Nicholson, Thin White Female in No Acute Distress: A Memoir , page 187
Indication of an involuntary fear reaction.
* 1982 , Gary Smalley, If Only He Knew , page 163
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun gulp
is the usual amount swallowed.As a verb gulp
is to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.As an interjection gulp
is indication of an involuntary fear reaction.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.gulp
English
Noun
(en noun)- What the liquor was I do not know, but it was not so strong but that I could swallow it in great gulps and found it less burning than my burning throat.
- Little Stanislovas was also trembling, and all but too frightened to speak. "They — they sent me to tell you — " he said, with a gulp .
- Indeed, the envisioned future should produce a bit of "the gulp' factor" […], there should be an almost audible "' gulp ".
Verb
(en verb)- He does not swallow, but he gulps it down.
- The old man glibly gulped down the whole narrative.
- The man eyed Percy with a chilly eye. "Well," he said, "What's troublin you?" Percy gulped . The man's mere appearance was a sedative. "Er-nothing! […]"
- I'd always been nervous-excited; this was nervous-terrified. When I finished puking, I sat down gulping air for a while, trying to pull myself together.
- My heart was beating madly and I was gulping nervous energy.
Synonyms
* See alsoInterjection
(en interjection)- "Honey, I know you want to go to their home next week, hut there's one thing that keeps happening when we're together that really drives me away from social gatherings in general. (Oh, what is it … gulp'.) Well, I'm not sure I can really explain it without offending you. ('''Gulp''', ' gulp .) Do you really want to talk about it? (Yes.) […]"
See also
* (in the sense of an amount swallowed)Anagrams
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* (swallowing) ----false
English
Adjective
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