swig

/swɪɡ/

noun

  1. 1

    Drink, liquor.

  2. 2

    (by extension) A long draught from a drink.

  3. 3

    A person who drinks deeply.

  4. 4

    A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.

  5. 5

    Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.

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verb

  1. 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.”
  2. 2

    To suck.

  3. 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.

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