gulp up

English

Verb

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.

References

• “gulp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• plug up