gluggy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

glug +‎ -y

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlʌɡi/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Adjective[edit]

gluggy (comparative gluggier, superlative gluggiest)

  1. (informal) Liquid and viscous; moving slowly when poured.
    The jelly was not yet set, but quite gluggy.
  2. Easy to guzzle.[1] (of a wine)
    Synonym: guzzly
  3. (informal) Lazy or sluggish.
    The morning after the party I felt gluggy.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Tom Stevenson, The New Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia, London: Dorling Kindersley, 3rd ed., 2001, p. 574.[1]
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