slugged (down)

verb

past tense of slug (down)
as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form slugging down endless bottles of water in the intense heat

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slugged (down)
  1. sipped
  2. drank
  3. gulped
  4. knocked back
Verb
  • As the two young women talked, the thirty-five-year-old man sipped the icemelt at the bottom of his glass.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Inside, Rodríguez Castro sipped an Aperol spritz, then moved on to a California red wine not on the menu.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of sipped
Verb
  • Three years later, censured by his Senate colleagues, ostracized by his party, and ignored by the press, McCarthy drank himself to death, a broken man at the age of 48.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
  • On the day of the murders, he was said to have drank more than a quart of vodka.
    — Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2026
Definition of drank
Verb
  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Definition of gulped
Verb
  • Once Real Madrid members voted him in again, Perez kept his word by launching a tabling said amount for Julian Alvarez, which was knocked back by Atletico Madrid.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • There will be interest in him, as there was last summer, when Leeds knocked back at least one bid for the Dutchman.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Definition of knocked back
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