glub

English

Etymology

Imitative; compare glug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlʌb/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌb

Noun

glub (plural glubs)

1. (informal) The sound of underwater bubbles, or of water bubbling (often used repetitively).
   • 2004, David L. Roper, Son Of A Sharecropper: Growing Up in Oklahoma:

     The boat, which was filled with water, instantly—glub, glub—sank.

Verb

glub (third-person singular simple present glubs, present participle glubbing, simple past and past participle glubbed)

1. (informal) To make a sound like underwater bubbling; to glug.

Anagrams

• Bulg.