Definitions for chugs

chugs chug

Spelling: [chuhg]
IPA: /tʃʌg/

Chugs is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in chugs (cghsu).

Definitions for chugs

noun

  1. a short, dull, explosive sound:
  2. a large gulp or swallow:

verb (used with object)

  1. chug-a-lug.

verb (used without object)

  1. to make this sound:
  2. to move while making this sound:
  3. to drink something in large gulps:

Origin of chugs

An Americanism dating back to 1865-70; imitative

Examples for chugs

Just prior to the contest, he chugs an entire bottle of castor oil and tops it off with an egg.

He got three chugs and a backfire into the carburetor, and after that silence.

After a number of loud wheezes and chugs the boat started down the river.

It's Barack Obama who chugs slowly forward like a middle-aged salaryman, cautious and halting.

What fun it must be to have a boat of your own that chugs about those entertaining seas!

Word Value for chugs
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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