chug
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Definition of chug
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: a dull explosive sound made by or as if by a laboring engine
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verb (1)Definition of chug (Entry 2 of 3)
: to move or go with or as if with chugs a locomotive chugging along wearily chug through the routine
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verb (2)Definition of chug (Entry 3 of 3)
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Videos of her baseball chug went viral, with thousands retweeting Petco Park's tweet. — Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, "Woman catches foul ball in beer at Padres game, proceeds to chug the beer with the ball in it," 6 June 2018 The Alaska Railroad used to ship some of its 45 passenger cars on barges to Seattle every year, then put them back on tracks for a long chug to the Midwest for repairs and paint jobs. — Author: Naomi Klouda, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska Railroad finds savings closer to home," 19 Apr. 2018 Then, those sounds were extinguished by a cement-mixer’s guttural chug. — David Fettling, Longreads, "Uncomfortable Silences: A Walk in Myanmar," 29 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'chug.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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chug
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Kids Definition of chug
: to move with repeated low sounds like that of a steam engine The old car chugged along.
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