Definition
An onomatopoeia representing the sound of liquid pouring from a narrow bottle opening or something moving with a heavy, gurgling sound.
Etymology
Imitative word created by reduplication of 'glug,' which emerged in English in the early 20th century to describe the sound liquid makes when poured from a jug or bottle.
Kelly Says
Onomatopoeia like 'glugglug' reveals how different languages interpret the same sounds differently—English says 'glug,' Arabic says 'khulkh,' and Japanese says 'kotokoto,' showing that even seemingly direct imitations are filtered through our language's phonetic habits.
Translations
ARالعربية
غُلْغُلْ
ɡʊlɡʊl
BNবাংলা
গ্লুগ গ্লুগ
ɡlʊɡ ɡlʊɡ
CACatalà
glug glug
glük glük
CSČeština
glug glug
glük glük
DADansk
glug glug
glük glük
DEDeutsch
Gluggeln
ɡlʊkɡɛln
ELΕλληνικά
γλουγ λουγ
glʊɡ lʊɡ
ESEspañol
glug glug
gluk gluk
FISuomi
glug glug
glük glük
FRFrançais
glug glug
glük glük
GUGU
ગ્લુગ ગ્લુગ
ɡlʊɡ ɡlʊɡ
HEעברית
גלוג גלוג
ɡloɡ gloɡ
HUMagyar
glug glug
glük glük
IDBahasa Indonesia
glug glug
glük glük
ITItaliano
glug glug
glùg glùg
KKKK
глюг глюг
ɡlyuk ɡlyuk
KMKM
ក្លុងក្លុង
klong klong
MSBahasa Melayu
glug glug
glük glük
MYမြန်မာ
ဂလူဂလူ
ɡə lù ɡə lù
NLNederlands
glug glug
glük glük
NONorsk
glug glug
glük glük
PAPA
ਗਲੁਗ ਗਲੁਗ
ɡalʊɡ ɡalʊɡ
PLPolski
glug glug
glük glük
PTPortuguês
glug glug
gluk gluk
RORomână
glug glug
glük glük
RUРусский
глюг-глюг
glyug-glyug
SVSvenska
glug glug
glük glük
SWKiswahili
glug glug
glük glük
TAதமிழ்
குளு குளு
kuḷu kuḷu
THไทย
กลั๊ก กลั๊ก
klak klak
TRTürkçe
glug glug
glük glük
UKУкраїнська
глюг-глюг
hlyuk-hlyuk
URاردو
گلوگ گلوگ
ɡloɡ gloɡ
VITiếng Việt
glug glug
glùg glùg