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ulp.

The sound of a person gulping in fear.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

intj/ʌlp/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. The sound of a person gulping in fear.

Where this word comes from

Imitative, or possibly a variant of gulp.

noun/ʌlp/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. The value that the least significant digit of a floating-point number represents, used as a measure of accuracy in numeric calculations.

Where this word comes from

Abbreviation of unit in the last place or unit of least precision, coined in 1960 by Canadian mathematician and computer scientist William Kahan (born 1933).

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