Gulp and Peck

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Gulp verb - To swallow or eat greedily.

Usage example: you never taste your food—you just gulp it

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Peck is an antonym for gulp.

Nearby Words: gulped, gulping

Peck verb - To eat reluctantly and in small bites.

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Gulp is an antonym for peck.

Nearby Words: peckish, pecker, pecked, pecking

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