definition of chugging

noun

the practice of stopping people on the street and trying to persuade them to give money regularly to a charity

One of the world's leading charities is to abandon 'chugging' because the public finds it so irritating.

Submitted from United Kingdom on 06/03/2012 12:43:00

Definition of chugging from the Open Dictionary – a public resource hosted by Macmillan English Dictionary Online

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