To swallow

Swallowing is:

• a complex sequence of movements of many muscles in the mouth, pharynx and throat area, which, among other things, serves to consume food and fluids, see swallowing act
• a slang term for
  • an ecstasy abuse
  • a variant of fellatio

In a figurative sense, it is used to express that someone has to accept a given condition for better or worse ( swallow a toad ) and for certain reasons does not protest against it ( swallow the protest ).

One sip is:

• an indefinite quantity of liquids (e.g. a sip of water )
• in some regions the name for schnapps
• a comedy by the German Nobel Prize winner for literature Gerhart Hauptmann, see Schluck and Jau

Schluck is the family name of:

• Karl-Heinz Volkmann-Schluck (1914–1981), German philosopher

See also:

Wiktionary: Schluck  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: swallow  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.