Definition of glug - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
amountshort pour of liquid that makes a gurgling sound
- He added a glug of olive oil to the pan.
2.
soundsound of liquid pouring from a bottle
- I heard a glug as he poured the wine.
Verb
1.
soundintr. make a gurgling sound when liquid is pouredintr.
- The bottle of water began to glug as he poured it into the glass..
2.
liquid movementintr. flow in noisy burstsintr.
- The water glugged out of the bottle.
3.
pouringtr. UK pour noisilytr. UK
- She glugged the juice into the glass.
4.
drinkingtr./intr. quickly swallow liquidtr./intr.
- He glugged down the soda in seconds.
Expressions with glug
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imitates sound of liquid being poured or drunk
He lifted the bottle and went, 'Glug glug!' as he drank.
Origin of glug
Imitative, glug (sound of liquid pouring)
Examples of glug in a sentence
A glug of wine was added to the sauce. The glug of the water cooler was loud. A glug echoed as the bottle emptied. The soup began to glug as it was ladled into the bowl. The fuel tank started to glug when it was being refilled. Juice glugged from the overturned jug.
The soup glugged as it boiled on the stove. Glug the sauce slowly over the pasta. He glugged water from the bottle into the pan. She glugged the water after the long run. He glugged his drink nervously before the speech.
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- French:glou, glouglouter, ...
- German:Schuss, gluckern, ...
- Italian:dose, gorgogliare, ...
- Spanish:chorro, gorgotear, ...
- Portuguese:gole, gorgolejar, ...
- Chinese:咕噜, 咕噜咕噜, ...
- Japanese:グルグル, ゴボゴボ音を立てる, ...
- Arabic:دَفْقَة, غَرْغَرَ, ...
- Hebrew:מְזִיגָה קְטַנָּה, לִגְלוּג, ...
- Russian:бульк, булькать, ...
- Ukrainian:порція, булькати, ...
- Hindi:गलग, गुड़गुड़ाना, ...
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