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chug-a-lug, int. and n. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˈtʃʌgəlʌg|, U.S. |ˈtʃəgəˌləg|
Forms: 19– chugalug, 19– chuggalug
[Imitative. Compare earlier chug n., glug n.2]
A. int. Representing a glugging, chugging, or gobbling sound, esp. that of a person consuming a drink in large gulps. Freq. used as an exhortation or toast to consume a drink in this way. Usu. reduplicated.
1903P. Z. Grey Betty Zane 73 Presently the silence was groken [sic] by a long, shrill, peculiar cry. ‘Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug-chug.’ ‘Well, it's a turkey, all right,’..remarked Colonel Zane. 1952Chicago Daily Tribune 9 Dec. i. 5/1 So drink chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug... ‘You keep chanting chug-a-lug until they finish the drink all in one breath.’ 1971Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 13 Sept. 5/4 What it [sc. the dishwasher] did not do was leak when the repairman came. No chance. It ran smooth and dry. Chugalug chugalug. 1995Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 28 Jan. 10 d, [He] acts like he's cracking open a coconut with the football, and then tilts his head back and takes a big ol' sip. Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug.
B. n. A glugging, chugging, or gobbling sound, esp. that of a person consuming a drink in large gulps. Hence: an instance of drinking in this way.
1922Z. Grey To Last Man iv. 84 A hoarse-voiced old turkey gobbler was booming his chug-a-lug.., and the softer chick of hen turkeys answered him. 1974J. Willwerth Jones: Portrait of Mugger vii. 85 He takes a long gurgling chug-a-lug pull, throwing back his head. 1992Whale (Lewes, Delaware) 24 June 4/3 This charity chug-a-lug involves drinking two and a half quarts of beer between 2 and 8 p.m. 1995G. Burn Fullalove (2004) iii. 72 Dark, unfocused figures, between drinks..intent on giving the impression that they are anywhere other than..thirty seconds from the next chugalug. 2004Dazed & Confused Feb. 97/1 This crew cut..the infectious chug-a-lug of Etta James ‘Tell Mama’ and the boom-shack-a-lack of Wilson Pickett's ‘Land of 1000 Dances’. |