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Swig

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Drink, liquor. obsolete
  2. 2
    a large and hurried swallow wordnet
  3. 3
    A long draught from a drink. broadly

    "take a swig of whisky"

  4. 4
    A person who drinks deeply. obsolete
  5. 5
    A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
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  1. 6
    Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
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 swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught wordnet
  3. 3
    To suck. obsolete

    "As sucking Colts leap when they swig the Teat"

  4. 4
    strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat wordnet
  5. 5
    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.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown, mid 16th c. Perhaps connected with Old English swelgan (“to swallow”).

Etymology 2

Unknown, mid 16th c. Perhaps connected with Old English swelgan (“to swallow”).

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