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chug1

Pronunciation: /tʃʌg/

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Definition of chug

verb (chugs, chugging, chugged)

[no object, with adverbial of direction]

(of a vehicle or boat) move slowly making regular muffled explosive sounds, as of an engine running slowly:a cabin cruiser was chugging down the river
[no object] make a series of muffled explosive sounds:he could hear the pipes chugging