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chuggy

adj

Etymology

From chug + -y.

  1. derived from *gʷem-✻ — “to step”
  2. derived from *ped-✻ — “to step; to walk; to fall; to stumble”
  3. derived from पद्ग
  4. derived from पगु
  5. borrowed from पग — “step; (less common) foot; leg”
  6. compounded as chug — “chihuahua + pug”
  7. suffixed as chuggy — “chug + y”

Definitions

  1. Having a chugging sound or action.

    • a chuggy old diesel engine

  2. chewing gum

    • In Lairgmore I slipped away to the Bank of Scotland, telling Nicole I was going to Woolworth's for chuggy – chewing gum.
    • 'Here, have a piece of chuggy.' Dot handed me a small white tablet of Beechnut chewing gum as we sat on the top deck of the bus on our way home from work one Friday evening. She had also offered me one of her Woodbines.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chuggy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA