Chugging
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈt͡ʃʌɡɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Chugging is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of chug.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of chug.
More Meanings
- The sound of something that chugs.
Example Sentences
From the nearby rail yards came clangings, groanings, chuggings.
There was a Thompson class "B1" in Birmingham New Street, and an ex-Great Eastern class "B12/3" in the Midland station at Leicester, where the contented chugging of its Westinghouse air-compressor struck an exotic note.
Word Forms
- chuggings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include glugging, chinking, necking, chug-a-lug, guggling, clunk.
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