how to pronounce gulp

/ˈɡʌlp/

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gulp is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of gulp in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… the sand gulp from the hose play at the …”

meanings of gulp

noun:

The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear.
An unspecified small number of bytes, often two.
The usual amount swallowed.

verb:

To react nervously by swallowing.
To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.

interjection:

An indication of (the sound of) an involuntary fear reaction in the form of a swallowing motion.

gulp frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word gulp occurs in english on average 2.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gulp can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gulp can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;

2) people, society, and culture;