glugging

Bottle emptying sound

Glugging is the sound of liquid pouring from a bottle or container in rhythmic bursts—the glug-glug-glug of air entering as liquid exits.

The word is onomatopoeic, imitating the noise itself.

To glug is to pour or drink with this sound: He stood at the sink, glugging water straight from the pitcher.

Glugging suggests generous, unrefined consumption rather than delicate sipping.

sound

gurgle

Bubbling liquid sound

burble · splash · plop · drip · babble · fizz · splish · pour · bubble · trickle

pouring

decanting

Transferring liquid carefully

flowing · spilling · sloshing · tipping · upending · bottle · jug · container · carafe · pitcher

drinking

swigging

Drinking in large mouthfuls

guzzling · downing · slugging · imbibing · slurping · draining · finishing · polishing off · knocking back · throwing back

binge

chugging

Drinking rapidly, continuously

beer bong · competition · fraternity · party · college · contest · drinking game · boozing · bender · session

engine

misfiring

Failing to ignite properly

fuel · carburetor · intake · flooded · idling · rough · hesitation · stumbling · surging · coughing

Opposites
flow pattern

gluggingstreaming

Real-time digital delivery

steady stream · trickling · continuous flow · seeping · oozing

sound quality

gluggingsoundless

Producing no audible noise

hushed · muted

flow rate/control

gluggingsipping

Drinking in small mouthfuls

dripping · trickle · dribbling · metering · decanting

Family

gulping, glug, glugs, glugged

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G