swig /swɪɡ/noun 5verb 3forms 3 noun5 •A long draught from a drink.He looked up, however, at my coming, knocked the neck off the bottle like a man who had done the same thing often, and took a good swig, with his favourite toast of "Here's luck!" — 1881 •Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc. •A tackle with ropes which are not parallel. •(no longer used) Drink, liquor. •(no longer used) A person who drinks deeply. verb3 •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. •(no longer used) To suck.As sucking Colts leap when they swig the Teat — 1684 formsswigged · swigging · swigs
