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单词 swiggle
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swigglev.

/ˈswɪɡ(ə)l/
Forms: Also 1600s swigle.
Etymology: apparently frequent. of swig v.3; compare squiggle v.
rare.
1. transitive. To sprinkle. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle
warpc1000
sprengeOE
strenkc1175
springa1387
bespring1387
sprinkc1390
sprinklea1400
strinklec1400
springle?a1425
sprinkle?a1425
sprainc1440
bespreng1496
oversprinkle?1548
overstrew1570
besprent1573
insperse1587
insperge1599
asperse1607
besprink1609
disparple?1615
spark1637
swiggle1683
twirl1763
sparkle1787
bespatter1813
spray1829
1683 J. Pettus Fleta Minor (1686) i. 73 Put ground Bone-Ashes in it, and swigle or strew it over the test.
2. intransitive (or transitive with cognate object.) To wriggle.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > wriggle
wiggle?c1225
wriggle1495
wraggle?a1513
wrabble1513
sprinklea1522
wrig1599
squirm1691
scrigglea1701
wraxle1746
squiggle1816
wiggle-waggle1827
swiggle1837
scurrifunge1894
the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move or cause to move progressively in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > make (way) by writhing or wriggling
worm1822
to writhe one's way1836
swiggle1837
slime1842
wriggle1863
snake1879
1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) xxii. 230 When he was in full rig a swigglin away at the top of his gait.
1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1848) 3rd Ser. xi. 86 With that he swiggled his way thro' the crowd, to the counter.
1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World 39 To think of you swaying and swiggling at the butt of a rope.
3. transitive. To shake about (liquid in a vessel, or something in a liquid). Also with vessel (spec. a beer glass) as object dialect.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > shake together or up > a liquid > in a vessel
swill1580
swiggle1943
1943 Pub & People (Mass Observation) vi. 185 Some people have a habit of what may be called ‘swiggling’ their glasses, which consists in moving them round and round in circles, either on the bar counter or table top, or up in the air.

Derivatives

ˈswiggling n.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > agitation of liquid in a vessel
swiggling1948
1948 L. A. G. Strong Trevannion xiii. 229 There was a wild splashing; Trevannion, craning forward, saw the gleam of a silver belly, and heard a madly energised swiggling and slithering.
1971 Weekly Guardian 2 Jan. 19/3 Such categories of pub behaviour as ‘Swiggling’—the habit of moving a beer glass round and round between sips.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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