Meaning & use

glug

noun·Everyday

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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