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Swig

//swɪɡ//

Definitions

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.
Similar
chug gulp guzzle
2
To suck.
As sucking Colts leap when they swig the Teat
3
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.
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sweating

Word Origin

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

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//swɪɡ//

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.
Similar
chug gulp guzzle
2
To suck.
As sucking Colts leap when they swig the Teat
3
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.
Similar
sweating

Word Origin

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

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3

A person who drinks deeply.