glug
/ɡlʌɡ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.08 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The blood did not come out of him in a glug but in a steady silent gush."
- "Pour a glug of bleach into the toilet."
- "Slowly, Khoklov removed a silver flask from within his suit jacket. He had a long contemplative glug, then shuddered violently."
- "She turned the taps to start the water running, poured in a generous glug of vanilla bubble bath, then moved into the bedroom, to the desk in the corner where her laptop sat open."
- "The water glugged down the sink."
- "We’d squat by the creek waiting for the bottle to glug full through its narrow neck and then together we would walk to the church and throw the water on the fire a quart at a time, not so much in hope of putting it out as to be able to say, if asked, that we tried."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡlʌɡ/
- British English: /ɡlʌɡ/