gulp up

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gulp up (third-person singular simple present gulps up, present participle gulping up, simple past and past participle gulped up)

  1. (archaic) To vomit
    • 1874, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal:
      At the present time, October 15th, the patient gulps up, with little or no apparent effort, what resembles almost pure dark defibrinated blood
  2. To consume
    Synonym: gulp down
    • 2015, Stephanie A. Pointing, From Ashes to Roses:
      The fire gulped up the kitchen cabinets and gobbled up the dazzling living room furniture.
    • 2017, Assta Bereket Gettu, Fear Not, for I Am with You:
      She jumped out of her bed, caught the thief red-handed by her throat, and beat her hard until the thief threw up the rest of the milk she had gulped up.

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