GULPED Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

gulped

verb

past tense of gulp

as in sipped

to swallow in liquid form hastily gulping down the last of her tea before rushing out the door

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as in inhaled

to swallow or eat greedily you never taste your food—you just gulp it

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Recent Examples of gulped That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped. — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice. — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026 With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice. — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026 As studios gulped down profits, talent below and above the line began to demand adequate shares of the pie. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026 Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days. — Mark Travers, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026 So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025

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Verb

Nightcaps or pre-dinner cocktails, like a Maple Bacon Sour, can be sipped on the rooftop or in the Ivanhouse Lounge, which has 11-foot windows to take in the starry skies.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Perched like seabirds on wobbly plastic stools, leathery and liver-spotted from hours in the sun, some smoked while others sipped packets of bandung or chrysanthemum tea.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of sipped

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The group drank alcohol and used a series of drugs — including cocaine and Xanax from the dark web, prosecutors say.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2026
Her mother drank from the water bottle and realized there was a sour taste, sparking suspicions her water was being tampered with.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of drank

Verb

Trump scoffed at questions about affordability, insisting that they'd been caused by Biden, who left office more than two years ago.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026
Jamie Florez, the Hispanic communications director of the Republican National Committee, scoffed at recent polling suggesting a shift in Hispanic voters towards Democrats.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of scoffed

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