swig

About 0.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To drink ; to quaff.

   That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.

2. verb To suck.
3. verb 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.
4. noun Drink, liquor. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
5. noun A long draught from a drink.

   take a swig of whisky

6. noun A person who drinks deeply.
7. noun A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
8. noun Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.

Similar words

quaff gulp draft draught slog slug drink sup sip nip

Often followed by

of from and at out before or on to

Word family

swigged swigger swiggers swigging swigs