chugging

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʌɡɪŋ/

Verb

chugging

1. present participle and gerund of chug

Noun

chugging (plural chuggings)

1. The sound of something that chugs.
   • 1997, Helen Papanikolas, A Greek Odyssey in the American West, page 5:

     From the nearby rail yards came clangings, groanings, chuggings.