A chug
To chug
Chugging along


A chug – of a drink
Noun - to take a large gulp of a drink

• I took a long chug of my beer.

To chug – a drink
Verb - to consume in large gulps without pausing.

• He chugged his drink in one go.
• You are chugging down a lot of wine tonight.

A chug – of a motor
Noun - a muffled explosive sound or sounds

• I could hear the chug of the motorboat.

To chug – (a vehicle)
Verb - move slowly making a regular muffled explosive sound, as of an engine running slowly.

• The train chugged slowly into the station.


To chug along
Phrasal verb - to move along at a steady pace

• We chugged along for a two hours in the train.

Response to:
- How’s it going?
- How’re you going?

• Yeah, chugging along.
o Yeah I’m chugging along
• Yeah, chugging along ok.
• Yeah, getting there, chugging along.

- How’s your son going?
• yeah, he’s chugging along
o He’s doing what he always does.