Also means
gulp
Usage Note
schlucken means to swallow food, drink, or a pill. Figuratively it means to put up with something hard to accept: eine Kröte schlucken. The perfect takes haben: Sie hat die Tablette geschluckt.
Examples
"Mit Wasser schluckt er die Tablette."
Natural Translation
With water he swallows the pill.
Literal Translation
With water swallows he the pill.
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