chug-a-lug

or chug·a·lug

[ chuhg-uh-luhg ]

verb (used with or without object)

, chug-a-lugged, chug-a-lug·ging.

1. to chug:

   She chug-a-lugged her water bottle as soon as they sat down at the top of the trail.

   They were all chug-a-lugging and dancing up a storm at the party.

adverb

1. by swallowing or gulping without interruption:

   My kids used to give themselves the hiccups drinking their soft drinks chug-a-lug.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chug-a-lug¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1955–60; imitative rhyming compound

Example Sentences

And there are settings you can enable that will intentionally slow down the game’s framerate during intense moments like boss fights and increase “loading times” in order to recreate the painfully slow chug-a-lug of the PSX.

From The Verge

The Ocarrion’s steam engine suddenly roared to life with a fitful chug-a-lug.

From Literature

“Mercury does all his Mercurial moves — the side gallop, the chug-a-lug, the duck strut, the steed swipe, the rewind, the vroom-vroom, the Wimbledon Final frozen pirouette, the one where he kind of dries his tushy with the microphone stand in a full march,” Morris remembers.

From New York Times

Mercury does all his Mercurial moves — the side gallop, the chug-a-lug, the duck strut, the steed swipe, the rewind, the vroom-vroom, the Wimbledon Final frozen pirouette, the one where he kind of dries his tushy with the microphone stand in a full march.

From New York Times

And who knows, maybe a Chug-a-Lug House-style Bacchanalian on the floor of the Senate would help heal some of the country’s divisions; at this point, it’s not like it could make things any worse.

From Slate