Meaning & use
glug
A gurgling sound made by liquid being poured from or moving through a narrow opening.
See it in a sentence
The bottle made a loud glug as she poured the last of the milk into her glass.
You could hear the glug-glug of water draining slowly from the old bathtub.
A note on using this word
Glug is also used informally as a verb meaning to drink or pour something quickly and noisily.
Words with a similar meaning
gurgle
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To drink or pour liquid quickly, producing a gurgling sound.
He glugged down the entire glass of water after the race.
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