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/swɪɡ/ · verb
To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff..
That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
As sucking Colts leap when they swig the Teat
take a swig of whisky
Jerry put his brandy bottle at the side of his pillow,—kindly informing him that he would have an opportunity of taking a few more swigs before he went down, for the water was only up to her bends at present.
He looked up, however, at my coming, knocked the neck off the bottle like a man who had done the same thing often, and took a good swig, with his favourite toast of "Here's luck!"
And he took the last swig out of the pint.
Next, he opens up the cupboard over the sink and slams that shut too, only to open another cabinet door that houses what he's looking for, a glass. He pours it full of OJ and takes a huge swig, swallows, and repeats.
Use swig when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Swig means To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff..
Common synonyms include chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
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