Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gluggy

/ˈɡlʌɡi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glug-gy
IPA: /ˈɡlʌɡi/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Liquid and viscous; moving slowly when poured.

Informal

adj

Easy to guzzle. (of a wine)

adj

Lazy or sluggish.

Informal

Example Sentences

"The jelly was not yet set, but quite gluggy."
"The morning after the party I felt gluggy."

Etymology

From glug + -y.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

gluggier (comparative) gluggiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

gluggily glugginess

Synonyms

guzzly

Questions

How do you pronounce gluggy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡlʌɡi/.
What does gluggy mean?: Liquid and viscous; moving slowly when poured.
Where does gluggy come from?: From glug + -y.

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