noun🔗ShareBruit de cognement, bruit de moteurA dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine."The old lawnmower started with a series of uneven chugs before finally roaring to life. "La vieille tondeuse a démarré avec une série de cognements irréguliers avant de finalement rugir.soundmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUne grande gorgée, une rasadeA large gulp of drink."He drank his beer in three chugs."Il a bu sa bière en trois grandes gorgées.drinkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBateau de fortune cubain, chugA homemade Cuban boat, built to carry emigrants to the USA, and often abandoned upon arrival."Along the Florida coast, the Coast Guard often finds abandoned chugs, remnants of desperate journeys from Cuba. "Le long de la côte de Floride, les garde-côtes trouvent souvent des chugs abandonnés, vestiges de voyages désespérés depuis Cuba.nauticalvehicleworldsocietypoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTousse, claqueTo make dull explosive sounds."The old car chugs and sputters as it struggles up the hill. "La vieille voiture tousse et claque alors qu'elle lutte pour monter la colline.soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTousse, avance en faisant du bruitTo move or travel whilst making such sounds."We were chugging along a back road when the engine cut out."Nous avancions en faisant du bruit sur une route secondaire lorsque le moteur s'est arrêté.vehiclesoundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBoire cul sec, vider d'un traitTo drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. People usually chant this at the person who is drinking."Chug! Chug! Chug!"Cul sec ! Cul sec ! Cul sec !drinkactionentertainmentfoodgrouphumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn ChugA dog; a cross between a pug and a chihuahua."Our neighbor's dog, a chugs, loves to bark at the mailman. "Le chien de notre voisin, un chug, adore aboyer sur le facteur.animaltypeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Sharesollicite des dons de manière insistanteTo solicit charitable donations on the street, particularly in a persistent manner."I got chugged in the town centre today."On m'a sollicité pour des dons de manière insistante dans le centre-ville aujourd'hui.aidjobactionorganizationsocietybusinesscommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAutochtone, Amérindien(racial slur) A person of Native American descent.racecursepersoninhumanlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
