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chugger, n.
Brit. |ˈtʃʌgə|, U.S. |ˈtʃəgər|
[‹ chug v. + -er suffix1.]
1. N. Amer. Angling.
a. A person who uses underwater sounds to drive or lure fish, esp. when ice fishing. Cf. chug v. Additions rare.
1885N.Y. Times 28 Dec. 2/7 All but one of the chuggers take a position at a hole in the ice... The man with the axe or maul strikes the ice three or four times. The sharp ‘chug’ startles the fish beneath the ice... As they pass by the holes over which the fishermen stand the hooks are thrust down. 1991J. Harrison Just before Dark (1999) ii. 74, I attached a Swedish pimple..to a line, dropped it to the bottom..and began chugging... No question about it. I had become a Chugger.
b. An artificial top-water lure which makes a chugging sound when moved along the surface of the water. Cf. popper n. 7.
1938Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 16 Apr. 14/3 The Economy Boys..are offering two Heddon River Runt lures. One is a spookie floater and the other a chugger spook. 1940Washington Post 21 July ii. 7/8 The longer a chugger is in the water, the more apt it is to catch a fish. 1959Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 24 Apr. 20/1 Just give me a good underwater spoon, some pork rind, a deep runner, a surface chugger of any type, and a weedless with which to hit the lily pads and brush. 1994Outdoor Canada Summer 26/2 For the better part of an hour I popped a chugger across the surface with a spinning rod. Not a single smallie rose.
2. colloq. (orig. U.S.). A thing which chugs or makes a chugging sound, esp. a vehicle. Hence: something which proceeds in a slow but steady manner.
1908Washington Post 19 July (Miscellany section) 3/4 Now he's the chauffeur, and the man that he shofes for, the owner of the chugger, is a Harlem waiter. 1926Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 17 Aug. 9/2 The old-fashioned, two-cylinder chugger will be driven by a grizzled veteran of the first battle of the Marne. The taxi may be kept in this country as a souvenir. 1968Times 23 Jan. (Austral. Special Rep. Suppl.) 9/3 Start by taking a trip on the Manly ferry. Not the 30 m.p.h. hydrofoil but a good old chugger. 1999Linedancer Feb. 27/1 Other potential floor fillers are Now You're Gone, a driving chugger;..and It's Really Hard to Say, a mellow downbeat cha cha.
3. colloq. (orig. U.S.). A person who consumes a drink in large gulps without pausing; a guzzler. Cf. chug v. Additions
Freq. with modifying word specifying a particular type of drink.
1977Forbes 1 Mar. 59/1 Newspapers used to be put together in dirty, factory-like rooms by well-paid beer chuggers. 1999Indiana Daily Student (Bloomington) 19 Feb. 16/4 The music will be played in the Map Room,..which is just the size for a small crowd of java chuggers and an acoustic guitar or two. 2003Daily Tel. 28 July 13/3 One grinning chugger tells me, proudly, that he ‘nearly got glassed once’. |