gluggy

English

Etymology

glug +‎ -y

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlʌɡi/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Adjective

gluggy (comparative gluggier, superlative gluggiest)

  1. (informal) Liquid and viscous; moving slowly when poured.
    The jelly was not yet set, but quite gluggy.
  2. Easy to guzzle.[1] (of a wine)
    Synonym: guzzly
  3. (informal) Lazy or sluggish.
    The morning after the party I felt gluggy.

Derived terms

References
  1. Tom Stevenson, The New Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia, London: Dorling Kindersley, 3rd ed., 2001, p. 574.
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