Chugging

//ˈt͡ʃʌɡɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sound of something that chugs.

    "There was a Thompson class "B1" in Birmingham New Street, and an ex-Great Eastern class "B12/3" in the Midland station at Leicester, where the contented chugging of its Westinghouse air-compressor struck an exotic note."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of chug form-of, gerund, participle, present

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boozelushmouthfulneckpoundquaff

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"The video shows him chugging an entire bottle of whiskey (God rest his soul)."

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