English word glug comes from Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ, English pour
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
| pour | English (eng) | (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.. Something, or an amount, poured.. The act of pouring. (intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly. (intransitive) to move in a throng, as a crowd. (transitive) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or [...] |
| onomatopoeia | Latin (lat) | (rhetoric) onomatopoeia (the forming of a word to resemble in sound the thing that it signifies). |
| whinny | English (eng) | A gentle neigh. (transitive, intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh. |
| glug | English (eng) | (informal, transitive) To quickly swallow liquid.. (intransitive) To flow in noisy bursts. (informal) The amount of liquid issued from a jug or bottle when the "glug" sound is heard.. The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured out of a jug or bottle. |