Obsolete British and Irish slang for a gullible person or a fool — someone easily tricked.
Obsolete British and Irish slang for a gullible person or a fool — someone easily tricked. The word implies not just foolishness but credulity, the quality of swallowing (gulping) whatever they're told. It has dropped out of common use but occasionally surfaces in dialect literature.
He was a complete gulpin — believed every word of the story without once asking a question.
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(UK, informal) Silly person; fool.
Crude British slang for performing fellatio, derived from 'gobble' — to eat greedily or noisily — applied as a vulgar metaphor for oral sex on a penis. The term is blunt and explicit, more likely to appear in adult comedy, explicit fiction, or frank casual conversation than anywhere polite. 'Gobble' has been used as slang for oral sex in British English since at least the mid-twentieth century.
(Britain, dialect) One who guttles; a greedy eater; a glutton.
(Britain, dialect) Greedily eating and gorging oneself; gluttonous.
ive loved them forever but gulpin and swalot becoming my cooking buddies in pokopia has brought me so much joy. i dont ever invite them, they just show up and join me because their homes are near my kitchen and i ador…
(slang, obsolete) A gullible person; a fool.
“havent finished literally any of the other merchies that have been on hold since fall but i think making gulpin and swalot trinkets can fix me”
“me with gulpin line honestly, they're so fun for me 😭”
“ive loved them forever but gulpin and swalot becoming my cooking buddies in pokopia has brought me so much joy. i dont ever invite them, they just show up and join me because their homes are near my kitchen and i adore them”