Meaning

6 senses
  1. A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.

    Puffen, Tuckern

    пыхте́ниеpyxténije

    the dull explosive noise made by an engine

  2. A large gulp of drink.

    He drank his beer in three chugs.

    kräftiger Zug

    глото́кglotók

  3. A homemade Cuban boat, built to carry emigrants to the USA, and often abandoned upon arrival.

  4. (derogatory, ethnic, slur)A person of Native American descent.

  5. A palm muted note on a distorted electric guitar.

  6. A dog that is a cross between a pug and a chihuahua.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Tom chugged his beer.

  2. Watch me chug this beer.

  3. Greta chugged the beer in one gulp.

    Ґрета одним махом вихилила пиво. — Dionizio

    deGreta trank das Bier in einem Zug aus. — xtofu80

  4. Have you ever tried chugging coffee creamer?

  5. The engine of my car has been chugging lately.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
sound:
large gulp:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
sound:
large gulp:

Origin

Onomatopoeic, in imitation of a working steam engine. The racial slur sense derives from t

Onomatopoeic, in imitation of a working steam engine. The racial slur sense derives from the stereotype of Native Americans chugging alcohol.

Blend of chihuahua + pug.

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Forms

plural: chugs
Singularchug
Pluralchugs

regular

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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