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chug

 
 
/tʃʌg/ verb (present participle chugging, past tense and past participle chugged)

Translation

chug across/along/up, etc If a vehicle chugs somewhere, it moves slowly, making a low, regular noise with its engine.
çuf, çuf motor sesi çıkararak yavaşça ilerlemek
a boat chugging across the lake1092
(Definition of chug verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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