swig
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/swɪɡ/
English
Definitions
noun
- Drink, liquor.
- (by extension) A long draught from a drink.
- A person who drinks deeply.
- A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
verb
- To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.“That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.”
- To suck.
- 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.