chugging
Downing a beverage
Chugging describes the sound or motion of something moving in steady, rhythmic pulses—like a train engine or an idling motor: The old locomotive came chugging up the hill.
To chug a drink is to swallow it continuously without pause, often as a social challenge: He chugged the entire beer in seconds.
Something that chugs along proceeds steadily if not impressively: The project keeps chugging along.
Hasty, large swallow
- swigLarge hasty draught
- downingBringing something low
- guzzlingDrinking fast and eagerly
- quaffingDrinking deeply, eagerly
shotgunning · funneling · beer · alcohol · keg · fraternity · party · binge
Railway pulling machine
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
- pistonReciprocating cylinder component
exhaust · smokestack · railway · freight · tracks · coal · whistle · rumble
Effortful, weary progress
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
- trudgingWalking with difficulty
- perseveringMaintaining effort despite difficulty
struggling · toiling · plugging away · pushing through · persistence · determination · slow and steady · keeping on
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- pulseArterial blood throb
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- pulsingBeating with rhythm
thumping · pumping · bassline · driving · mechanical · regular · pounding · percussive
gulp
Hasty, large swallow
quaffing · shotgunning · funneling · beer · alcohol · keg · fraternity · party · binge · contest
locomotive
Railway pulling machine
piston · exhaust · smokestack · railway · freight · tracks · coal · whistle · rumble · puffing
slogging
Effortful, weary progress
persevering · struggling · toiling · plugging away · pushing through · persistence · determination · slow and steady · keeping on · endurance
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- pulseArterial blood throb
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
pulsing · thumping · pumping · bassline · driving · mechanical · regular · pounding · percussive · syncopated
- drinkingbooze, liquor, guzzling, gulping, shot
- factory soundshammering, drilling, clanking, grinding, welding
- machine soundshumming, buzzing, whirring, clanking, grinding
- train soundschoo-choo, clickety-clack, clack, train horn, steam whistle
- engine behavioridling, running, stalling, starting, revving
- slang behaviorsgoofing off, messing around, fooling around, horsing around, slacking