swig
/swɪɡ/ verb C2- 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 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.
He/she/it swigs · Past swigged · Past participle swigged · -ing form swigging
Verb forms
- Base form
- swig
- He/she/it
- swigs
- Past
- swigged
- Past participle
- swigged
- -ing form
- swigging
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