Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboring engine.
- v. To make dull explosive sounds.
- v. To move or travel while making dull explosive sounds.
- v. Slang To chugalug.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A short sudden tug or pull.
- To take fish by gaffing them through holes cut in the ice.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive (British slang, derogatory) To solicit charitable donations on the street, particularly when done in a persistent manner.
- n. A dog; a cross between a pug and a chihuahua.
- n. pejorative, ethnic slur A person of native American descent.
- n. A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.
- n. pejorative, ethnic slur A person of native American descent.
- v. intransitive To make dull explosive sounds.
- v. intransitive To move or travel whilst making such sounds.
- v. transitive, slang to drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action; to chugalug.
WordNet 3.0
- v. make a dull, explosive sound
- n. the dull explosive noise made by an engine
Etymologies
- blend of charity and mug (Wiktionary)
- Imitative. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“As youre thinking of Nolan Ryan, you hear a freight train chug along”
“Experiment with topwater baits such as chug bugs, pop-r, etc.”
“HOLMES: Yes, this is a different kind of chug, chug, chug.”
“If a bot is destroyed, then the player must consume a full serving "chug" a beer bottle before returning to the game.”
“And he says he kind of chug-a - lugged it thinking it was water and then he started to burn.”
“USATODAY. com - Mets may be in position to 'chug' into playoffs”
USATODAY.com - Mets may be in position to 'chug' into playoffs
“He swayed, then crashed to the stone floor and the grease keg unstuck from his foot with a 'chug' and rolled across the garage, rattling as it struck the old debris, and bounced into the greasing pit.”
“In a way, Charlie thought, the chug was the train’s heartbeat.”
“It was a beautiful morning when they started on their six mile sail, or "chug," as Jed called it.”
“Desire's slow smile crept out as memory brought the asthmatic "chug" of the "Tillicum.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chug’.
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EN - xenophobic terms
Alle Menschen werden Brüder - sooner or later? Derogatory terms for anybody different.
abe, anchor baby, ann, ape, apple, asian nigger, aunt jemima , aunt jane, aunt mary, aunt sally, banana, beaner and 315 more...
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Alternatives to DRINK
drink is a boring word.
absorb, consume, dissipate, gulp, indulge, swallow, imbibe, sip, fill, quaff, chug, slug and 2 more...
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Verbages
puddle, kowtow, tessellate, defalcate, embezzle, enkindle, ablate, frivol, moonlight, tongue-tie, gobble, pettifog and 58 more...
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Canadianisms
Canuck, timbit, Timbit, inukshuk, Canadianism, spiked, hyderize, canuckistan, Canuckistan, hoser, double double, Triumf and 364 more...
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Onomatopoetics
Words formed in imitation of a natural sound.
bumble-bee, rat-a-tat, blurt, clink, chickadee, rub-a-dub, chirr, chug, keck, flim-flam, brekekekex, thunk and 94 more...
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Number 9 Dream
By David Mitchell
slag-heap, coracle, unsilt, aquiline, crispen, treatise, hippocampus, fortuitous, megalomania, malinger, dreck, escarpment and 97 more...
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mix-breeds, mutts, and mongrels
This is a partial listing of dogs actually published by the American Canine Hybrid Club.
lab'aire, rottaf, affenchon, alusky, bulloxer, olde bulldog, american bull-jack, spanador, baskimo, american eagle dog, bichomo, eskifon and 121 more...
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Words of the Dying Earth
Tales of the Dying Earth is a 2002 anthology volume featuring four novels by Jack Vance: The Dying Earth, The Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga and Rhialto the Marvellous.
Throughou...deodar, deodand, pelgrane, leucomorph, blister-bush, russet, black burdock, gunmetal, spatterlight, carrack, concertina, terce and 280 more...
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Thirsty Yet?
Words that mean drink.
quaff, drink, imbibe, swill, sip, swig, chug, down, slurp, gulp, drain, swallow and 13 more...
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Words that make my stomach turn:
loaf, chunk, moist, heft, poodle, curb, scab, mucus, panties, giblets, luncheon, hunk and 54 more...
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Words I dislike
Where words are listed that sound uneappealing to the list-maker.
spoon, cup, dollop, scoop, pustule, redux, toe, spoon, cup, chug
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