Gulpful

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The amount swallowed in a single gulp.

    "The taste drove him mad, and, dropping down on hands and knees like a dog, he put his lips to the side of the bucket and drew in long gulpfuls."

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"The taste drove him mad, and, dropping down on hands and knees like a dog, he put his lips to the side of the bucket and drew in long gulpfuls."

Etymology

From gulp + -ful.

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