swallow
noun [C] (THROAT) /ˈswɒl.əʊ/
/ˈswɑː.loʊ/ Definition
› an act of using the muscles of your throat, or the amount of something you move into your stomach from your mouth by using the muscles of your throat: He gave a swallow, then began speaking.EatingBiting, chewing and swallowing
(Definition of swallow noun (THROAT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- eat sb out of house and home idiom
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- gulp verb
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