The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GULP
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More clues leading to the result GULP
- Seabird briefly beginning to pester swallow
- Swallow cake the wrong way
- Swallow in trepidation as promotion rejected
- Swallow with stopper lifted
- Swallow, tailless bird with power
- Try to sell up, producing nervous response?
- Swallow to stop coming back
- Swallow piece of tobacco going the wrong way
- Upcoming promotion for 4?
- Swallow overturned cake
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What does GULP mean?
GULP noun- The usual amount swallowed.
- The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear.
- An unspecified small number of bytes, often two.
- To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
- To react nervously by swallowing.
- An indication of (the sound of) an involuntary fear reaction in the form of a swallowing motion.