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Definition of 'swig'English
Verb
( swigg)
To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
- That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
(obsolete) To suck.
* Creech
- The lambkins swig the teat.
(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
* (to drink) chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff
* See also
Noun
( en-noun), (Appalachian)
A long draught from a drink.
* , Episode 12, The Cyclops
- And he took the last swig out of the pint.
- (Marryat)
(nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
Synonyms
* (a drink) draught, sip
* See also
Similar to 'swig'sog, shag, swag, sag, sig, saag, skeg, skag, scag, seg, sug, shog, squeg, scug, shug
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