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#: ''We were '''chugging''' along a back road when the engine cut out.''
#: ''We were '''chugging''' along a back road when the engine cut out.''
# {{transitive}} {{context|US slang}} to [[drink]] a large amount (especially of [[beer]]) in a single action; to [[chugalug]].
# {{transitive}} {{context|US slang}} to [[drink]] a large amount (especially of [[beer]]) in a single action; to [[chugalug]].
#: ''I can't believe he '''chugged''' three beers.''
#: ''I can't believe he '''chugged''' three hundred beers.''


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Revision as of 22:54, 17 April 2011

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeia

Pronunciation

  • enPR: chŭg, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/tʃʌɡ/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:SAMPA
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-chug.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ʌɡ" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Noun

chug (plural chugs)

  1. A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.
  2. A dog; a cross between a pug and a chihuahua.
  3. Template:pejorative A person of native American descent.

Translations

Verb

chug (third-person singular simple present chugs, present participle chugging, simple past and past participle chugged)

  1. Template:intransitive To make dull explosive sounds.
  2. Template:intransitive To move or travel whilst making such sounds.
    We were chugging along a back road when the engine cut out.
  3. Template:transitive (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US slang" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. to drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action; to chugalug.
    I can't believe he chugged three hundred beers.

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