Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A clod.
Wiktionary
- n. The sound made when a liquid is poured out of a jug or bottle.
- n. The amount of liquid issued from a jug or bottle when the "glug" sound is heard.
- v. To quickly swallow liquid.
WordNet 3.0
- v. make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle
Etymologies
- onomatopoeia of someone swallowing liquid (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Heer Maus, hav a scotch *klink glug glug glug* itz a fife hunnerd yeer owl singul malt frum teh heelans ov Scotlan!”
Claws - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“September 24, 2008 at 12:35 am wooooooot *nom nosh glug nom nosh glug* aaaaaah *runs rown inna circlol* am hyper naaaooo, too mush shoogaarrr!”
Dis man - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“This is delicious and juicy ... * glug glug* -- posted by Sounds delicious.”
“I'll eat the real brownie first! caption 2: * glug glug glug* More hot chocolate please!! caption 3: You see this cup of hot chocolate?”
“England isn't sinking in the south-east '' glug '- or -' What do you mean Polio can be prevented with a vaccine - absolute tosh!”
“Like all the people who think the artificial Russia-America conflict is really interesting, he will go glug-glug-glug as the capitalists make him sink under the sea.”
The Guardian: Russian oil giant Rosneft buys 5% of BP in Arctic drilling deal
“It was from these two instructors I learned a parlance that raised my comfort level in the kitchen: A glug of olive oil.”
“I start with a glug of olive oil, add some minced garlic, throw in some sort of vegetable (usually broccoli, though asparagus is coming in season now, and that is super good, too.), squeeze in the juice of one lemon, and toss with whole wheat linguine.”
“If I'm feeling like I haven't had enough protein in the day, I might add a few shrimp (making it scampi-esque) or I might throw in some chopped chicken (and add some capers, a few mushrooms and a glug of white wine and you've got a decent representation of chicken scallopine).”
“A glug of heavy cream stirred in at the end lends richness.”
The Wall Street Journal: Skirt Steak With Spinach and Jerusalem Artichoke Smash
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘glug’.
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Sounds
words that describe sound
atchoo, atishoo, babble, bam, bay, beep, blast, blather, bleat, bleep, blip, bong and 242 more...
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onomatopoeias (1 syllable)
1 syllable words that mean what they sound like.
(dictionaried or un-dictionaried words | onomatopoeic in nature)
onomatopoeias (2 syllable) | onomatopoeias (3+ syllables)
gush, buzz, pop, woof, boo, bam, bang, bash, bump, clang, clap, click and 102 more...
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T'ain't going to drain no more
wordie stoppers: without refrain: stanza on its own: lotion motion: T'ain't going to drain no moor
nanopyle, nanonize, nanocosm, ombromombo, misle(ad), nanostrobos, nanomini, peerl, serein, hyetalous, pelter, sluiciest and 43 more...
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GUG
GUG
viper, iceberg, dalai lama, friendship, brooch, western, avalanche, swine, mission, bubble, amethyst, story and 1 more...
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Ironweed
Words gathered while reading Ironweed by William Kennedy.
asteraceae, brogan, gravid, gandy, advent, slithy, dipso, flinty, suspire, henna, heller, nutsy and 90 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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Sounds&Music
purl, burr, sibilant, flap, plunk, hoot, grit, ditty, crow, burble, plink, caterwaul and 8 more...
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