to swallow · to gulp (swallow one's spittle out of fear etc.) · to gobble up (annex, e.g. another company)
çekim: geçmiş schluckte · ortaç geschluckt · şimdiki schluckt · ulaç schluckend
köken: From Middle High German slucken, from Old High German (attested in the derived noun slucko (“glutton”)), probably ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with Dutch slokken.
swallowing (the act of taking into the stomach through the throat; the act of bearing patiently without retaliation) · gulp (a small amount that can be swallowed at once)