Definition

1. 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

1. make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle
   • the wine bottles glugged