chug

🇺🇸 /tʃʌɡ/ 🇬🇧 /tʃʌɡ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to move with a slow, steady sound like an engine

The old train chugged along the tracks.

R

to drink something quickly, without pauses

He chugged the entire bottle of water.

noun
R

the sound of an engine moving slowly and steadily

The chug of the tractor filled the air.

translation

v. to move with a slow, steady sound like an engine; to drink something quickly, without pauses
n. the sound of an engine moving slowly and steadily

Word Forms

Past chugged
3rd Present chugs
Progressive chugging
Plural chugs
Perfect chugged