chug-a-lugint.n.
/ˈtʃʌɡəlʌɡ/, U.S. /ˈtʃəɡəˌləɡ/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
A. int.
Representing a glugging, chugging, or gobbling sound, esp. that of a person consuming a drink in large gulps. Frequently used as an exhortation or toast to consume a drink in this way. Usually reduplicated.
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1903 Z. Grey Betty Zane 73 Presently the silence was groken [sic] by a long, shrill, peculiar cry. ‘Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug-chug.’ ‘Well, it's a turkey, all right,’..remarked Colonel Zane.
1952 Chicago Tribune 9 Dec. i. 5/1 So drink chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug... ‘You keep chanting chug-a-lug until they finish the drink all in one breath.’
1971 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 13 Sept. 5/4 What it [sc. the dishwasher] did not do was leak when the repairman came. No chance. It ran smooth and dry. Chugalug chugalug.
1995 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 28 Jan. 10 d [He] acts like he's cracking open a coconut with the football, and then tilts his head back and takes a big ol' sip. Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug.
B. n.
A glugging, chugging, or gobbling sound, esp. that of a person consuming a drink in large gulps. Hence: an instance of drinking in this way.
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1922 Z. Grey To Last Man iv. 84 A hoarse-voiced old turkey gobbler was booming his chug-a-lug.., and the softer chick of hen turkeys answered him.
1974 J. Willwerth Jones: Portrait of Mugger vii. 85 He takes a long gurgling chug-a-lug pull, throwing back his head.
1992 Whale (Lewes, Delaware) 24 June 4/3 This charity chug-a-lug involves drinking two and a half quarts of beer between 2 and 8 p.m.
1995 G. Burn Fullalove iii. 85 Dark, unfocused figures, between drinks..intent on giving the impression that they are anywhere other than..thirty seconds from the next chugalug.
2004 Dazed & Confused Feb. 97/1 This crew cut..the infectious chug-a-lug of Etta James ‘Tell Mama’ and the boom-shack-a-lack of Wilson Pickett's ‘Land of 1000 Dances’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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