Boat vs. Chug — What's the Difference?

A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size, shape, cargo or passenger capacity, or its ability to carry boats. Small boats are typically found on inland waterways such as rivers and lakes, or in protected coastal areas.

A dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboring engine.

A relatively small, usually open craft of a size that might be carried aboard a ship.

A large swig of liquid

An inland vessel of any size.

To make dull explosive sounds.

A ship or submarine.

To move or travel while making dull explosive sounds.

A dish shaped like a boat

To swallow (a liquid) in one continuous action

To travel by boat.

To swallow liquid, such as beer, without pausing.

To ride a boat for pleasure.

A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.

To transport by boat.

A large gulp of drink.

To place in a boat.

A homemade Cuban boat, built to carry emigrants to the USA, and often abandoned upon arrival.

A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.

A person of Native American descent.

(poker slang) A full house.

A dog that is a cross between a pug and a chihuahua.

A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.

(intransitive) To make dull explosive sounds.

(chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.

(intransitive) To move or travel whilst making such sounds.

The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.

To move or travel at a steady, although not especially fast, pace.

(intransitive) To travel by boat.

To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.

(transitive) To transport in a boat.

To solicit charitable donations on the street, particularly in a persistent manner.

(transitive) To place in a boat.

The dull explosive noise made by an engine

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

Make a dull, explosive sound;

Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.

A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.

To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.

To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.

To go or row in a boat.

A small vessel for travel on water

A dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce

Ride in a boat on water