different between glug vs glub

English

Alternative forms

• glook, gluck

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, imitating the sound of pouring or swallowing liquid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

glug (plural glugs)

1. The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured suddenly out of something, such as a jug or bottle.
2. (informal) The amount of liquid issued when the "glug" sound is heard.

   Pour a glug of bleach into the toilet.

Verb

glug (third-person singular simple present glugs, present participle glugging, simple past and past participle glugged)

1. (intransitive) To flow in noisy bursts.

   The water glugged down the sink.
2. (informal, transitive) To quickly swallow liquid.

   He had glugged that glass of wine before she got a chance to introduce herself.

Translations

Interjection

glug

1. The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured out of a jug, bottle, etc., or when such an amount is swallowed by a person.

Translations

Anagrams

• Lugg

English

Etymology

Imitative; compare glug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

glub (plural glubs)

1. (informal) The sound of underwater bubbles, or of water bubbling (often used repetitively).
   • 2004, David L. Roper, Son Of A Sharecropper: Growing Up in Oklahoma

     The boat, which was filled with water, instantly—glub, glub—sank.

Verb

glub (third-person singular simple present glubs, present participle glubbing, simple past and past participle glubbed)

1. (informal) To make a sound like underwater bubbling; to glug.

Anagrams

• Bulg.