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# glug

«glug» in Mova's school dictionary: **poured out of a bottle** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a glug, glugs); verb (glug, glugs, glugged, glugging) — informal

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) The gurgling sound liquid makes when it is poured out of a bottle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glug/#m1)

2) (noun, informal) An amount poured quickly, as in «a glug of oil». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glug/#m2)

3) (verb) To drink or pour something quickly and noisily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glug/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

An informal, sound word (onomatopoeia): the word sounds like the noise it names. Used in recipes on TV («a good glug of olive oil») and in funny writing. In English lessons it is a good example of onomatopoeia, like splash, fizz and drip.

### examples

- Add a glug of olive oil to the pan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glug/#x1)
- The water went glug, glug, glug down the plughole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glug/#x2)
- He glugged his orange juice in one go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glug/#x3)
- Don't glug your drink; sip it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glug/#x4)
- The bottle made a glug as she poured the milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glug/#x5)
- «Glug» is an onomatopoeia, like «splash» and «buzz». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glug/#x6)

### note

Informal. Verb doubles the g: glugged, glugging. A «glug» is not an exact measure; in maths recipes use millilitres instead.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «glug» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glug/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.