chugging

Verb (1)

chug (third-person singular simple present chugs, present participle chugging, simple past and past participle chugged)

1. (intransitive) To make dull explosive sounds.
2. (intransitive) To move or travel whilst making such sounds.
   • We were chugging along a back road when the engine cut out.
3. (broadly, intransitive) To move or travel at a steady, although not especially fast, pace.
   • Outside, beyond the sun-baked station yard, a rice mill chugged away in the distance, and sweating coolies unloaded bags of rice from creaking bullock carts.1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325
4. (colloquial, transitive) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.
   • Chug! Chug! Chug!
5. (intransitive) To function or perform with difficulty, typically due to inadequate resources or performance limitations.
   • My game chugs every time too many NPCs are onscreen.

Verb (2)

chug (third-person singular simple present chugs, present participle chugging, simple past and past participle chugged)

1. (UK, derogatory, slang, transitive) To solicit charitable donations on the street, particularly in a persistent manner.
   • I got chugged in the town centre today.

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