ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. 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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include glugging, chinking, necking, chug-a-lug, guggling, clunk.

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