Tom took a swig from the flask.
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Swig
Synonyms for "swig" (78 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (39)
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Translations
45 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- голяма глътка noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- пия на големи глътки verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
Czech
4 entries- hlt noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- lok noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- chlastat verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
- hltat verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
Dutch
1 entries- zuipen verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
Finnish
4 entries- huikka noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- kulaus noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- ryyppy noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- kulauttaa verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
French
2 entries- lampée noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- lamper verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
German
2 entries- Schluck noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- Zug noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
Maltese
1 entries- belgħa noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
Old English
1 entries- oferdrincan verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
Old Saxon
1 entries- ovardrinkan verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
Polish
1 entries- żłopać verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
Portuguese
2 entries- golada noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- dar uma golada verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
Russian
4 entries- глото́к noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- глота́ть verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
- глотну́ть verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
- загла́тывать verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- cȕgati verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
- lòkati verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
- ло̀кати verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
- цу̏гати verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
Spanish
4 entries- chisguete noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- farolazo noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- latigazo noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- lingotazo noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
Swedish
2 entries- slurk noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
- stor klunk noun (a big gulp of alcohol)
Yiddish
1 entries- זויפֿן verb (to drink (usually by gulping))
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Tom took a swig out of his water bottle.
Source: tatoeba (1910419)
Tom took a swig of rum.
Source: tatoeba (1910420)
Tom took another swig from his flask.
Source: tatoeba (2539344)
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