Question

What is the denotation of the word gulping?
What is the connotation of the word gulping?

In the early 1700s, the average person in England
consumed an estimated four pounds of sugar a year. A
century later he was gulping down eighteen pounds. In
one hundred years, the amount of sugar an English
person used had increased by 450 percent. And that was
before sugar really took off.
-Sugar Changed the World,
Marc Aronson and Marina Budho​

Answer 1

Answer:

first answer is swallowing and second answer is consuming greedily

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Denotation is the word's direct dictionary definition and connotation is a word's emotive connotation, as opposed to its literal meaning.

Explanation:

Denotation:

The literal meaning of the verb "gulping" is to swallow eagerly, or in large amounts or morsels (often followed by down): Like a famished man, he gulps down his food. To gulp down a sob means to repress, subdue, or choke back as though by swallowing.

Connotation:

The literal meaning of the verb "gulped" is consumed greedily.

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