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CHUG

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: chugged    , chugging   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The dull explosive noise made by an engine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("chug" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

chug (make a dull, explosive sound)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a dull, explosive sound

Example:

the engine chugged down the street

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "chug" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence examples:

Cars chug in the streets

The streets chug with cars

Derivation:

chug (the dull explosive noise made by an engine)

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