swig
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swig (third-person singular simple present swigs, present participle swigging, simple past and past participle swigged)
- To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
- That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
- (nautical) To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line (also: sweating)
Synonyms [edit]
- (to drink): chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff
- See also Wikisaurus:drink
Translations [edit]
to take up the last bit of slack in rigging
Noun [edit]
swig (plural swigs), (Appalachian)
- A drink; sip.
- He took another swig.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 12, The Cyclops
- And he took the last swig out of the pint. Moya. All wind and piss like a tanyard cat.
Synonyms [edit]
- (a drink): draught, sip
- See also Wikisaurus:drink
