chugalug
chugalug Lexical Profile
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• verb
North American To drink a beverage in large, continuous gulps without pausing for breath.
"After finishing the five-mile run in the summer heat, he proceeded to chugalug an entire bottle of water."
• interjection
North American Used as a chant or exhortation to encourage someone to drink an entire beverage in one continuous draught.
"The crowd began chanting, "Chugalug, chugalug!" as the contestant lifted the oversized stein."
• noun
North American An act of drinking a beverage in one continuous, rapid draught without pausing for breath.
"He finished his lemonade in a single chugalug before heading back onto the field."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in mid-20th-century American slang, this reduplicative, onomatopoeic word imitates the gulping sound made when swallowing a beverage rapidly without pausing.