swig

Plural: swigs

Noun

• a large and hurried swallow
• Drink, liquor.
• A long draught from a drink.
• A person who drinks deeply.
• A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
• Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.

Verb

Verb Forms: swigged, swigging, swigs

• To drink in large, gulped mouthfuls.
• strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
• to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
• To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
• To suck.
• 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.

Examples

• He took a deep SWIG of water, preparing for the intense Scrabble endgame.
• take a swig of whisky
• That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.

Synonyms

draft, draught, gulp, quaff, slog, slug, chug, guzzle, sip, sweating, swill

Anagrams of swig