Chug vs Shug - What's the difference?
chug | shug |
A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.
A large gulp of drink.
A homemade Cuban boat, built to carry emigrants to the USA, and often abandoned upon arrival.
To make dull explosive sounds.
To move or travel whilst making such sounds.
(slang) to drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action; to chugalug.
(transitive, UK slang, derogatory) To solicit charitable donations on the street, particularly in a persistent manner.
A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.
As verbs the difference between chug and shug
is that chug is to make dull explosive sounds while shug is to writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.As a noun chug
is a dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.As a proper noun Shug is
a Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.chug
English
Etymology 1
OnomatopoeiaNoun
(en noun)- He drank his beer in three chugs .
Verb
- We were chugging along a back road when the engine cut out.
- I can't believe he chugged three beers.
Synonyms
* (drink) See alsoEtymology 2
blend of chihuahua and pugEtymology 3
blend of charity and mugVerb
- I got chugged in the town centre today.