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[ swig ] / swɪg / SEE SYNONYMS FOR swig ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan amount of liquid, especially liquor, taken in one swallow; draught: He took a swig from the flask. verb (used with or without object), swigged, swig·ging.to drink heartily or greedily. Origin of swigFirst recorded in 1540–50; origin uncertain OTHER WORDS FROM swigswigger, nounWords nearby swigswiftie, Swift, Jonathan, swiftlet, swift moth, Swift's disease, swig, swiler, swill, swim, swim against the current, swim bladder Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for swigI ordered a salad, ate it, and in the bathroom snuck a swig of Pepto. I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Pavlenko exclaimed, taking a swig of the Ukrainian vodka known as harilka. Kiev’s Protestors Put on Uniforms|Anna Nemtsova|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST After effectively blowing him off the screen, she pops a Budweiser and takes a swig before gazing at the defeated one last time. The Daily Beast’s Oscar Nominees: Leonardo DiCaprio, Anne Hathaway & More|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST Another, more erotic, painting shows a young, topless girl wearing handcuffs, surreptitiously sneaking a swig of beer from a can. Lindsay Lohan’s Graffiti Scandal in Venice, CA|Nicole LaPorte|February 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Swig has blamed the lack of payment on his inability to access his Lehman loan. The New Disaster at Lehman|Julie Satow|October 19, 2008|DAILY BEAST I now went ashore at Charleston, and had my swig, as long as the money lasted. Ned Myers|James Fenimore Cooper He took a swig of pineapple juice and passed the can back to Harold. While I was cooking supper the old man took a swig or two and got sort of warmed up, and went to ripping again. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Swig—To haul a rope by holding a turn round a cleat and pulling off laterally. On Yacht Sailing|Thomas Fleming Day Instead, however, of jumping at the chance, he took a swig at a flask of cognac. The Magnificent Montez|Horace Wyndham
British Dictionary definitions for swig
nouna large swallow or deep drink, esp from a bottle verb swigs, swigging or swiggedto drink (some liquid) deeply, esp from a bottle Derived forms of swigswigger, nounWord Origin for swigC16: of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to swiggulp, guzzle, drink, hoist, draft, nip, swash, sway |