glug
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Definition
- Verb (intransitive):
- To make a hollow, gurgling sound, typically the sound of liquid being poured from a bottle or flowing in a thick stream.
Usage
- The verb glug is used to describe the specific sound of a liquid. It is often used in an onomatopoeic way, meaning the word itself imitates the sound it describes.
- It is commonly used in informal contexts, especially in descriptive writing or speech.
Examples
- Verb:
- The last of the syrup glugged out of the bottle.
- He listened to the water glug as it drained from the sink.
- The wine glugged pleasantly into the glass.
Advanced Usage
- "to glug down": This is an informal phrasal verb meaning to drink something quickly, often in large gulps, and typically making a glugging sound.
- He glugged down a whole bottle of water after his run.
Variants and Related Words
- Glug (noun): The sound itself.
- The glug of the pouring wine was the only sound in the room.
- Gurgle (verb): A similar word for a bubbling liquid sound, often used for water in a stream or a baby. It can be more continuous than the discrete, pouring sound of "glug."
Synonyms
- Gurgle: To flow with a bubbling sound.
- Slosh: To move with a splashing sound.
- Glug has a very specific sound association, so synonyms are approximate.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Glug down: To drink something quickly and audibly.
- She was so thirsty she glugged down her juice in seconds.
Verb
- make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle
- the wine bottles glugged