Swig

Quick meaning: Swig is a verb meaning To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.

Meaning

To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A long draught from a drink.
2. (nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
3. Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
4. (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.
5. (obsolete) To suck.
6. (obsolete) Drink, liquor.
7. (obsolete) A person who drinks deeply.

Example Sentences

take a swig of whisky

And he took the last swig out of the pint.

As sucking Colts leap when they swig the Teat

That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.

Word Forms

• swigs
• swigging
• swigged

Synonyms for swig

Depending on context, synonyms include chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff, sweating, draught.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quaff, gulp, draft, draught, slog, slug.

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