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1. (n.) swig
an amount of liquid, esp. liquor, taken in one swallow.
2. (v.i.) swig
to drink heartily or greedily.
Etymology: (1540–50; orig. uncert.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) gulp, draft, draught, swig
a large and hurried swallow
"he finished it at a single gulp"
2. (verb) slug, slog, swig
strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
"He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
3. (verb) gulp, quaff, swig
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
"The men gulped down their beers"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) swig
a long draught
2. (noun) swig
a tackle with ropes which are not parallel
3. (noun) swig
a beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc
4. (verb) swig
to drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider
5. (verb) swig
to suck
6. (verb) swig
to castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off
7. (verb) swig
to pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat
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Sense: to drink
He's in the bar swigging beer.
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 Afrikaans: drink |
 Arabic: يَجْرَع، يَغِبُّ |
 Bulgarian: лоча |
 Brazilian: beber |
 Czech: lít do sebe |
 German: trinken |
 Danish: tylle i sig |
 Greek: πίνω γρήγορα, κατεβάζω (μ |
 Spanish: beber (a grandes tragos) |
 Estonian: rüüpama |
 Farsi: سركشيدن |
 Finnish: ryypätä |
 French: boireà grands coups |
 Hebrew: לִגמוֹעַ |
 Hindi: गटागट पी जाना |
 Croatian: piti, gucnuti |
 Hungarian: nagyokat húz (italból) |
 Indonesian: meminum |
 Icelandic: þamba, teyga |
 Italian: bere |
 Japanese: ぐいっと飲む |
 Korean: 들이키다 |
 Lithuanian: gurkšnoti, siurbčioti, ge |
 Latvian: malkot; sūkt (no pudeles) |
 Malay: meneguk |
 Dutch: drinken |
 Norwegian: helle i seg |
 Polish: żłopać |
 Persian: سركشيدن |
 Pashto: سرراکښل |
 Portuguese: emborcar |
 Romanian: a trage la măsea |
 Russian: пить; потягивать |
 Slovak: liať do seba |
 Slovenian: lokati |
 Serbian: lokati |
 Swedish: bälga i sig |
 Thai: ดื่มอึกใหญ่ |
 Turkish: içmek |
 Taiwanese: 痛飲 |
 Ukrainian: попивати |
 Urdu: تیزی سے پینا |
 Vietnamese: tợp, nốc ừng ực |
 Chinese: 痛饮 |
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