gulping, gulp - a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing response, reaction - a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age" knee jerk, knee-jerk reflex, patellar ...
a reflex arc that performs automatically. Thus, tapping the tendon below the kneecap causes the leg to jerk involuntarily because the impulse provoked by the tap, after traveling to the spinal cord, travels directly back to the leg muscle. Such a response is called an involuntary reflex action...
gulping, gulp - a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing response, reaction - a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age" knee jerk, knee-jerk reflex, patellar ...