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How to pronounce “chug”
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Pronunciation guide for chug
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of chug with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Off Broadway's Drunk Shakespeare
We had one girl chug an entire bottle of wine in front of us,
- Definition summary
- A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce chug
Off Broadway's Drunk Shakespeare
We had one girl chug an entire bottle of wine in front of us,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “chug”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.
- A large gulp of drink.
- A homemade Cuban boat, built to carry emigrants to the USA, and often abandoned upon arrival.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Native American descent.
- (music) (Especially in metal) A palm muted note on a distorted electric guitar.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To make dull explosive sounds.
- (intransitive) To move or travel whilst making such sounds.
- (intransitive, by extension) To move or travel at a steady, although not especially fast, pace.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.
- (intransitive, video games) To function or perform with difficulty, typically due to inadequate resources or performance limitations.
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