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swig

/swɪɡ/
noun
  1. Drink, liquor.

  2. (by extension) A long draught from a drink.

    Similar: draught, sip, swill

  3. A person who drinks deeply.

Synonymsdraught, sip, swill
verb
  1. To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.

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

    Similar: chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff

  2. To suck.

  3. 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.

    Similar: sweating

Synonymschug, gulp, guzzle, quaff, sweating

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