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chugchug /tʃʌɡ/ verb (past tense and past participle chugged, present participle chugging) chugOrigin: 1800-1900 From the sound VERB TABLEchug |
Present | they | chug | | it | chugs | Past | it, they | chugged | Present perfect | they | have chugged | | it | has chugged | Past perfect | it, they | had chugged | Future | it, they | will chug | Future perfect | it, they | will have chugged |
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Present | they | are chugging | | it | is chugging | Past | they | were chugging | | it | was chugging | Present perfect | they | have been chugging | | it | has been chugging | Past perfect | it, they | had been chugging | Future | it, they | will be chugging | Future perfect | it, they | will have been chugging |
- Stocks chugged along most of the day Monday with no great gains or losses.
- Teddy sat back in his chair, chugging mineral water.
- But it seems to have chugged into Los Angeles half-empty.
- Only some sailors in blue jerseys who appeared as the Shirley chugged alongside the boarding pontoon.
- Quickly, I chugged my beer.
- Some things must be done before others, and this limits how much faster a multiprocessor computer can chug along.
- The car was chugging along the Promenade des Anglais, a boulevard lined with splendid palm-trees.
- Up from the river chugs a little blue train.
- We were soon chugging happily along.
1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a car, train etc chugs somewhere, it moves there slowly, with the engine making a repeated low soundchug along/up/around etc The boat chugged out of the harbour.2[transitive] (also chug-a-lug) American English informal to drink all of something in a glass or bottle without stopping3[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to make slow but steady progress: The economy just keeps chugging along.—chug noun [countable usually singular] |