Sip vs. Gulp — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sip and Gulp
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Sip
To drink in small quantities.
Gulp
To swallow greedily or rapidly in large amounts
Gulp down coffee.
Sip
To drink from in sips.
Gulp
To choke back by or as if by swallowing.
Sip
To drink something in sips.
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Gulp
To choke or gasp, as in swallowing large amounts of liquid.
Sip
The act of sipping.
Gulp
To swallow air audibly, as in nervousness.
Sip
A small quantity of liquid sipped.
Gulp
The act of gulping.
Sip
A small mouthful of drink
Gulp
A large amount swallowed at one time.
Sip
(transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.
Gulp
The usual amount swallowed.
Sip
(intransitive) To drink a small quantity.
Gulp
The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear.
Sip
To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
Gulp
An unspecified small number of bytes, often two.
Sip
Alternative form of seep
Gulp
To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
Sip
(figurative) To consume slowly.
Gulp
To react nervously by swallowing.
Sip
To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.
Gulp
An indication of (the sound of) an involuntary fear reaction in the form of a swallowing motion.
Sip
To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.
Gulp
To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.
He does not swallow, but he gulps it down.
The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole narrative.
Sip
To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.
Gulp
The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once.
Sip
To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.
[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace;Then, sipping, offered to the next in place.
Gulp
A disgorging.
Sip
The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.
Gulp
A large and hurried swallow;
He finished it at a single gulp
Sip
A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.
One sip of thisWill bathe the drooping spirits in delightBeyond the bliss of dreams.
A sip is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy.
Gulp
A spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
Sip
A small drink
Gulp
To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught;
The men gulped down their beers
Sip
Drink in sips;
She was sipping her tea
Gulp
Utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly;
He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat
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