What is the denotation of the word gulping?

What is the connotation of the word gulping?

In the early 1700s, the average person in England

consumed an estimated four pounds of sugar a year. A

century later he was gulping down eighteen pounds. In

one hundred years, the amount of sugar an English

person used had increased by 450 percent. And that was

before sugar really took off.

-Sugar Changed the World,

Marc Aronson and Marina Budho

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24 September, 04:49

What is the denotation of the word gulping?

What is the connotation of the word gulping?

In the early 1700s, the average person in England

consumed an estimated four pounds of sugar a year. A

century later he was gulping down eighteen pounds. In

one hundred years, the amount of sugar an English

person used had increased by 450 percent. And that was

before sugar really took off.

-Sugar Changed the World,

Marc Aronson and Marina Budho

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Answers (2)

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Jaylee Huber · Answer 1

first answer is swallowing and second answer is consuming greedily

Amy Bell · Answer 2

It means Consuming a really big amount of Sugar.

Explanation:

Gulp is a verb that indicates eat or drink, but with a dramatic connotation of too much eating or to much drinking.