Definitions

1. noun

The throat or the lower part of the throat, especially when considered as the passage through which food passes into the stomach.

“She swallowed hard, feeling the food slide down her gullet.”

2. noun

The esophagus, considered as the passage through which food passes into the stomach.

“The doctor inserted a tube into the patient’s gullet to examine the esophagus.”

3. verb

To swallow or eat quickly and eagerly.

“The bird gullted down the worm whole.”