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glunsh

verbfood

To gulp food down eagerly

To gulp down food eagerly, eating hastily with little chewing

Example in use

He glunsh his suppa an' awa he gaed.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/GLUNSH/

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Origin & context

scotscurrenthumorous

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