trangugiare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
- chug verb To move or run with a repeated dull, laboured sound, as an engine does.
- devour verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
- guzzle verb To drink or eat something quickly and greedily.
- pound noun The main unit of currency in the United Kingdom, and a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (about 454 grams).
- scoff verb To speak about something with scorn or mockery, treating it as ridiculous.
Senses
trangugiare is used for these senses in English:
- bolt (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- chug (transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.
- devour (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- devour (transitive, idiomatic) To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
- guzzle To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.
- pound (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- scoff (British, Newfoundland, slang) To eat food quickly.
bolt — full definition
- noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
- noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
- noun A flash of lightning.
- verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
- verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.
chug — full definition
- verb To move or run with a repeated dull, laboured sound, as an engine does.
- verb Informal: to drink a large amount quickly and continuously, without stopping.
- noun A dull, repeated, laboured sound, as of an engine working.