glug

See also: glüg

English

Etymology

onomatopoeia of pouring or swallowing liquid

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡlʌɡ/

Noun

glug (plural glugs)

1. The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured out of a jug or bottle.
2. (informal) The amount of liquid issued from a jug or bottle when the "glug" sound is heard.

   Pour a glug of bleach into the toilet.

Verb

glug (third-person singular simple present glugs, present participle glugging, simple past and past participle glugged)

1. (intransitive) To flow in noisy bursts.

   The water glugged down the sink.

2. (informal, transitive) To quickly swallow liquid.

   He had glugged that glass of wine before she got a chance to introduce herself.

Translations

to quickly swallow liquid

• Bulgarian: пия на големи глътки (pija na golemi glǎtki)
• Maori: pakō

• Russian: хлестать (ru) impf (xlestatʹ) (doesn't mean quickly), выхлестать (ru) pf (vyxlestatʹ) (doesn't mean quickly), глотать (ru) impf (glotatʹ) (not limited to liquids), проглотить (ru) pf (proglotitʹ) (not limited to liquids)