Meaning of chug in English

(Definition of chug from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of chug from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of chug

chug
Some reduplications are of this sort - chug-chug, slipslop, ding-dong, hubbub.
We cannot just have an aircraft industry and then put up the shutters and hope that it will chug merrily along.
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Another variation can involve timing the drinkers to see who can chug the wine the longest thus allowing there to be a winner.
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Translations of chug

in Chinese (Traditional)
(引擎或馬達轉動)發出突突聲, 突突地行駛…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(发动机或电机转动)发出嘎嚓声, 嘎嚓嘎嚓地行驶…
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