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glugan
glugan
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
glugan m (genitive singular glugain, plural gluganan)
- faint noise of a fluid confined in a vessel
- gurgling noise of water against the side of a vessel
- humbling in the intestines
- rolling motion, as of a ship at sea.
- (anatomy) uvula
- gurgle (gurgling noise)
Derived terms
- dèan glugan (“gurgle”, verb)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9