chugging

Object

• riff: The song begins with the fade-in of a chugging guitar riff.
• guitar: There's a good chunk of chugging bass guitar a la Pixies.

Modifying Another Word

• away: The train was chugging away, in some places they had to put two engines on to get us up the slopes.
• still: The world's most regular fanzine, still chugging along without missing a beat.
• happily: Sat right there is the mother of all diesel engines happily chugging away running on peanut oil!

Followed by an intransitive particle

• along: The world's most regular fanzine, still chugging along without missing a beat.
• up: Almost all the new leisure craft you see chugging up and down the canals have fiberglass hulls.
• over: I sometimes pretend I am Nora Batty to get my man's engine chugging over.

Followed by a transitive particle

• down: As Rory started chugging down a new swath, he conjured the dead lady's face.
• up: I can see his motorbike chugging up the lane now.