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glugging

glugging is the present participle and gerund of glug.

Meaning of glug

Verb

glug (third-person singular simple present glugs, present participle glugging, simple past and past participle glugged)

  1. (intransitive) To flow in noisy bursts.
    • The water glugged down the sink.
  2. (informal, transitive) To quickly swallow liquid.
    • He had glugged that glass of wine before she got a chance to introduce herself.
  3. (transitive) To pour noisily.
    • The bottle cap rasped as she unscrewed it and glugged some Bailey's into her mug, the spoon tinkling as she stirred.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 281

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Noun

glugging (plural gluggings)

  1. A sound that glugs.

Forms of glugging

pluralgluggings

Questions about glugging

What does glugging mean?
Glugging means a sound that glugs.
What is glugging the present participle and gerund of?
Glugging is the present participle and gerund of glug.
What part of speech is glugging?
Glugging is a noun.
What is the plural of glugging?
The plural of glugging is gluggings.

Words near glugging in the dictionary

  1. glugged
  2. glugger
  3. gluggers
  4. gluggiest
  5. gluggily
  6. glugging
  7. gluggings
  8. gluggy
  9. glugs
  10. gluhwein
  11. gluhweins

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