swallow
/ˈswɑl·oʊ/ n [C] (MOVING FOOD)Definition
› the act of forcing food or liquid in your mouth to move into your stomach, or an amount taken into your stomach at one time : He said he only wanted one swallow of milk – but it was a big one!
(Definition of swallow n (MOVING FOOD) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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