| Front | swig |
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| Back | swig /swɪɡ/ verb (past tense and past participle swigged, present participle swigging) [transitive] informal to drink something in large mouthfuls, especially from a bottle SYN gulp: He sat swigging beer and smoking. —swig noun [countable]: She took a long swig of Coke. THESAURUS sip (also take a sip) to drink something very slowly slurp informal to drink something in a noisy way gulp something down (also down something) to drink all of something very quickly knock something back informal to drink all of an alcoholic drink very quickly swig (also take/have a swig) informal to drink something quickly with large mouthfuls, especially from a bottle swallow to make food or drink go down your throat and towards your stomach: She swallowed the bitter medicine instead of spitting it out. |
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