glug
pronunciation
How to pronounce glug in British English:
UK [ɡlʌɡ]
How to pronounce glug in American English:
US [ ɡlʌɡ]
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- Verb:
- make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle
Word Origin
- glug (n.)
- 1768, imitative of the sound of swallowing a drink, etc. From 1895 as a verb. Compare Middle English glub "to swallow greedily."
Example
- 1. For those who like to glug their beer right from the bottle .
- 2. To the cod I add some minced garlic , bit of butter , tarragon , a glug of white wine , and then shut the oven door .
- 3. The scanner is most likely to inconvenience innocent travellers ( tales of mothers being forced to glug back their own breast milk spring to mind ) , while terrorists who are religious fundamentalists ( the two do seem to correlate ) aren 't likely to let security get snap-happy with the contents of their pants .