glugan
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom glug (“gulp; gurgle”) + -an (diminutive suffix).
Noun
editglugan 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
edit- dèan glugan (“gurgle”, verb)