What does chugging mean?
Chugging means present participle and gerund of chug.
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/ˈt͡ʃʌɡɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of chug.
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.
From the nearby rail yards came clangings, groanings, chuggings.
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Chugging means present participle and gerund of chug.
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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.
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