chugs

Drinks without pausing

Chugs is the third-person singular of chug.

A train chugs along, making rhythmic puffing sounds.

An engine chugs when it labors.

To chug a drink is to gulp it down steadily without pausing: He chugs his beer like he's in a frat movie.

Things that chug move with effort but persistence: The project chugs along despite setbacks.

engine

locomotive

Railway pulling machine

trainRail vehicle or instruct
steam engineThermal vapor motor
pistonsForce-transferring engine cylinders

diesel · freight · rails · smokestack · throttle · exhaust · cylinder · coal · boxcar · caboose

drinking

guzzles

Drinks fast, eagerly

gulpsHasty, large swallows
swigsHearty mouthfuls of drink
quaffsDrinks deeply, eagerly

slugs · downs · drains · slurps · swallows · pounds · knocks back · imbibes · consumes · ingests

rhythm

beat

Rhythmic pulse or strike

pulseArterial blood throb
tempoRate of musical performance
cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern

groove · syncopation · meter · drumbeat · pounding · throbbing · pulsing · steady beat · bass line · percussive

Categories

consumeseats, devours, consumes, ingests, swallows

Opposites

drinking manner

chugssips

Small measured drinks

savors · nurses · tastes · samples · nibbles

movement/locomotion speed

chugszooms

Moves very quickly

races · speeds · flies · zips · roars

engine/mechanical sound

chugspurrs

Vibrates with contentment

hums · whirs · roars · revs

Phrases

chug awayProceed slowly but steadily
chug along
plug and chugRote formula application

Family

chug, chugging, chugged, chuggers

Familiarity: Top 50,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G