Glug
/ɡlʌɡ/noun
To make a bubbling or gurgling sound as liquid flows, or to pour liquid with such a sound.
Did you know?Unlike words inherited from Proto-Indo-European, “glug” is an English echoic formation: its meaning is built directly from the bubbling sound it imitates.
Etymological Timeline
Late Middle English–Early Modern English
English
glug
“An imitative sound associated with liquid bubbling or being swallowed”
16th Century
English
glug
“To make a bubbling noise, especially when liquid is poured”
17th Century
English
glug-glug
“A repeated bubbling or gurgling sound”
18th Century
English
glug
“To pour or swallow noisily”
Modern English
English
glug
“A bubbling sound, or the act of producing it while liquid flows”