Gulped
/ɡʌlpt/noun
Past tense of gulp: to swallow something quickly or with difficulty.
Did you know?English gulp is likely an expressive word imitating the act of swallowing, and it later gave us the eerie phrase “to gulp down” something as if it vanished into the throat.
Etymological Timeline
Late Middle English
English
gulpen
“to swallow or swallow greedily”
16th Century
English
gulp
“the act or sound of swallowing”
Modern English
English
gulp
“to swallow quickly or with effort”
Modern English
English
gulped
“swallowed quickly or with difficulty”