engullir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chug verb To move or run with a repeated dull, laboured sound, as an engine does.
- engulf verb To completely surround or cover something, often suddenly and overwhelmingly.
- gobble verb To eat quickly and greedily.
- gulp verb To swallow quickly and in large amounts.
- guzzle verb To drink or eat something quickly and greedily.
- swallow verb To move food or drink from the mouth down into the stomach.
- wolf noun A large wild canine, Canis lupus, that lives and hunts in packs.
Senses
engullir is used for these senses in English:
- 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.
- engulf (transitive) To overwhelm.
- gobble To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
- gulp To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
- gulp down To eat very quickly without chewing the food properly.
- guzzle To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.
- swallow (transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]
- wolf (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
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.