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phrasal verb [transitive]
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present tense
I/you/we/theygulp in
he/she/itgulps in
present participlegulping in
past tensegulped in
past participlegulped in

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  1. same as gulp (sense 2)

    He came up from the water, greedily gulping in air.

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