chug-a-lug

American  

[chuhg-uh-luhg] / ˈtʃʌg əˌlʌg /

Or chugalug

verb (used with or without object)

chug-a-lugged, chug-a-lugging

1. to chug.

   She chug-a-lugged her water bottle as soon as they sat down at the top of the trail.

   They were all chug-a-lugging and dancing up a storm at the party.

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adverb

1. by swallowing or gulping without interruption.

   My kids used to give themselves the hiccups drinking their soft drinks chug-a-lug.

Etymology

Origin of chug-a-lug

An Americanism first recorded in 1955–60; imitative rhyming compound

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

chug-a-lug chug-a-lugging

That was when the saxophonist lumbered around the drum kit, grabbed a pair of sticks and took over, without breaking the chug-a-lug on a ride cymbal.

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2010

I got into some steeply graded hills, and while the Escape doesn't exactly lope up them, it doesn't chug-a-lug either.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Budapest, discussions with Hungarian foreign ministry officials and a visit to Cardinal Mindszenty; in Sofia, trade talks with Bulgarian economists and a chug-a-lug of the first cold Coca-Cola from a new bottling plant.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Ocarrion’s steam engine suddenly roared to life with a fitful chug-a-lug.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

The gobbling of wild turkeys awakened Jean, "Chuga-lug, chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug-chug."

From To the Last Man by Grey, Zane

The elevator moves like molasses, chug-a-lugging its way to the eighth floor.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles