āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to chug
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āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to consume a beverage, usually a carbonated or alcoholic one, quickly and in large gulps
Transitive: to chug a beverage
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The college students gathered to chug sodas during the hot summer afternoon.
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻŽ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to produce a rhythmic and repetitive sound, often resembling the noise made by a train or an engine
Dialect
American
AmericanIntransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
We heard the boat chugging along the river before we saw it.
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ° āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
01
āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻ¨, āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
a dull, rhythmic, explosive sound, typically made by an engine or motor
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I could hear the chug of the tractor from the field.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
