glug
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glug
- /ɡlʌɡ/ US, UK, Southern England
- /ɡlɐɡ/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ɡlʊɡ/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌɡ
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Onomatopoeic, imitating the sound of pouring or swallowing liquid.
noun glugs · glook · gluck
- The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured suddenly out of something, such as a jug or bottle. The blood did not come out of him in a glug but in a steady silent gush.
- The amount of liquid issued when the "glug" sound is heard. Pour a glug of bleach into the toilet.
verb glugs · glugging · glugged · glook · gluck
- To flow in noisy bursts. The water glugged down the sink.
- To quickly swallow liquid. He had glugged that glass of wine before she got a chance to introduce herself.
- To pour noisily. The bottle cap rasped as she unscrewed it and glugged some Bailey's into her mug, the spoon tinkling as she stirred.
interjection glook · gluck
- The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured out of a jug, bottle, etc., or swallowed by a person.
Translations
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verb to quickly swallow liquid
| Русский | хлестать xlestatʹ, выхлестать vyxlestatʹ, глотать glotatʹ, проглотить proglotitʹ |
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@misc{glug_2026,
title = {glug},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glug},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
