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- Dictionaryswig/swɪɡ/
verb
- 1. drink in large gulps: "Dave swigged the wine in five gulps"
noun
- 1. a large gulp of drink: "he took a swig of tea"
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the act of swallowing a large amount of a drink in a single action: She took a swig of whisky, straight from the bottle. Charles swirled the drink around in the glass before taking a good swig. Synonyms. drink (LIQUID) gulp. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
noun. ˈswig. Synonyms of swig. : a quantity drunk at one time. swig. 2 of 2. verb. swigged; swigging. transitive verb. : to drink in long drafts. swig cider. intransitive verb. : to take a swig : drink. swigger noun. Synonyms. Noun. belt. draft. drag. drink. gulp. nip. quaff.
Swig definition: an amount of liquid, especially liquor, taken in one swallow; draught. See examples of SWIG used in a sentence.
verb. If you swig a drink, you drink it from a bottle or cup quickly and in large amounts. He swigs down four cans of fizzy orange drink a day. [V n with down/back] He was still hanging around, swigging the Coke out of the can. [VERB noun] Swig is also a noun. Brian took a swig of his drink. McGuire took a long swig from his bottle of bitter lemon.
SWIG meaning: 1. to drink, especially by swallowing large amounts in a series of single actions: 2. the act of…. Learn more.
Define swig. swig synonyms, swig pronunciation, swig translation, English dictionary definition of swig. Informal n. A deep draft, especially of liquor; a gulp. tr. & intr.v. swigged , swig·ging , swigs To drink or engage in drinking liquid in great gulps....
A swig is a big, fast gulp, like the swig you take from your water bottle after hiking up a hill on a hot summer day. If your dainty friend is delicately sipping her iced tea while you swig yours, you'll definitely be finished first. To swig is to take a big, healthy slurp of a drink.
Definition of swig verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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