Definition of chug
: a dull explosive sound made by or as if by a laboring engine
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Origin and Etymology of chug
imitative
First Known Use: 1866
chug
Definition of chug
chugged
;chugging
intransitive verb
: to move or go with or as if with chugs a locomotive chugging along wearily chug through the routine
chugger
noun1848
First Known Use of chug
1848
1958
First Known Use of chug
1958
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playDefinition of chug for Students
chugged
;chugging
: to move with repeated low sounds like that of a steam engine The old car chugged along.
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