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swig
/swɪɡ/
noun
verb
To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
"That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em."
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.
Similar: sweating
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