Gulpy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Inclined to gulp.

    "But I don't think I could have screamed right then because my throat had gone all dry and gulpy. The jellyfish was rising up from the water, but it wasn't a jellyfish. It was a skull."

Example

More examples

"But I don't think I could have screamed right then because my throat had gone all dry and gulpy. The jellyfish was rising up from the water, but it wasn't a jellyfish. It was a skull."

Etymology

From gulp + -y.

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