chug

chug
vb
1.
British
to drink (alcohol). A coinage, derived from the drinkers' toast or chant 'chug-a-lug', fashionable among young people in London from the late 1980s.
► Sloane Rebs all support Chelsea F.C., and can be seen every other Saturday lunchtime "chugging brew" and getting hammered at any number of pubs in the Fulham Road, before charging down to Stamford Bridge for a "frightfully good game of footy".' (I-D magazine, November 1987)
2.
American
to throw away, reject. The term was recorded in 2001.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • chug — [tʃʌg] v past tense and past participle chugged present participle chugging [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: From the sound] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition] if a car, train etc chugs somewhere, it moves there slowly, with the engine making a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • chug — [ tʃʌg ] verb 1. ) intransitive to make a series of low sounds or to move slowly making these sounds: The engine chugged and coughed, and finally died. chug up/down/along etc.: a little old car chugging down the lane 2. ) chug or chug a lug… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • chug — chug·ger; chug·hole; chug; chug·a·lug; …   English syllables

  • chug — ☆ chug [chug ] n. [echoic] any of a series of abrupt, puffing or explosive sounds, as of a steam powered locomotive vi. chugged, chugging to make, or move with, such sounds vt. Slang CHUG A LUG …   English World dictionary

  • chug — (n.) 1866, echoic of a working steam engine. As a verb, from 1896. Related: Chugged; chugging. Drinking sense attested by 1940s (chug a lug), probably imitative of the sound of swallowing …   Etymology dictionary

  • chug — [v] drink quickly chug a lug, down, drink in one draft; concept 169 …   New thesaurus

  • chug — ► VERB (chugged, chugging) ▪ move with or give out a series of muffled explosive sounds, as of an engine running slowly. ► NOUN ▪ a sound of this type. ORIGIN imitative …   English terms dictionary

  • chug — chug1 chugger, n. /chug/, n., v., chugged, chugging. n. 1. a short, dull, explosive sound: the steady chug of an engine. v.i. 2. to make this sound: The motor chugged. 3. to move while making this sound: The train chugged along. [1865 70, Amer.;… …   Universalium

  • chug — UK [tʃʌɡ] / US verb Word forms chug : present tense I/you/we/they chug he/she/it chugs present participle chugging past tense chugged past participle chugged 1) [intransitive] to make a series of low sounds or to move slowly making these sounds… …   English dictionary

  • chug — I [[t]tʃʌg[/t]] n. v. chugged, chug•ging 1) a short, dull, explosive sound: the chug of an engine[/ex] 2) to make this sound 3) to move while making this sound • Etymology: 1865–70, amer.; imit. II chug [[t]tʃʌg[/t]] v. t. v. i. chugged,… …   From formal English to slang

  • chug — verb ADVERB ▪ slowly, steadily ▪ The train chugged steadily along the West Highland Line. PREPOSITION ▪ along, down, in, out …   Collocations dictionary

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