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Meaning of घूंट in English

  • A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.
  • A minute quantity; a mite.
  • As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison.
  • A Persian daric.
  • To drink drams; to ply with drams.
  • To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.
  • The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once.
  • A disgorging.
  • To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.
  • To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.
  • To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
  • To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.
  • The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.
  • A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.
  • See Seep.

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