"swig" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /swɪɡ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-swig.ogg [US] Forms: swigs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: Unknown, mid 16th c. Perhaps connected with Old English swelgan (“to swallow”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{C.|16}} 16th c., {{cog|ang|swelgan|t=to swallow}} Old English swelgan (“to swallow”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} swig (plural swigs)
  1. (obsolete) Drink, liquor. Tags: obsolete Translations (a drink): голяма глътка (goljama glǎtka) (Bulgarian), hlt [masculine] (Czech), lok [masculine] (Czech), ryyppy (Finnish), kulaus (Finnish), huikka (Finnish), lampée [feminine] (French), Schluck [masculine] (German), Zug [masculine] (German), belgħa [feminine] (Maltese), глото́к (glotók) [masculine] (Russian), lingotazo [colloquial, masculine] (Spanish), stor klunk (Swedish), slurk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-swig-en-noun-lgnXkcb8 Disambiguation of 'a drink': 56 35 10 0 0
  2. (by extension) A long draught from a drink. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Beverages Synonyms: draught, sip, swill
    Sense id: en-swig-en-noun-O3dgCmrD Disambiguation of Beverages: 15 33 6 4 5 18 1 18
  3. (obsolete) A person who drinks deeply. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-swig-en-noun-T8CnQ31i
  4. (nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-swig-en-noun-AbfK9NHX Topics: nautical, transport
  5. Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
    Sense id: en-swig-en-noun-sTEQPE4M

Verb

IPA: /swɪɡ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-swig.ogg [US] Forms: swigs [present, singular, third-person], swigging [participle, present], swigged [participle, past], swigged [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: Unknown, mid 16th c. Perhaps connected with Old English swelgan (“to swallow”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{C.|16}} 16th c., {{cog|ang|swelgan|t=to swallow}} Old English swelgan (“to swallow”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} swig (third-person singular simple present swigs, present participle swigging, simple past and past participle swigged)
  1. To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff. Synonyms: chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff Translations (to drink (usually by gulping)): пия на големи глътки (pija na golemi glǎtki) (Bulgarian), hltat [imperfective] (Czech), chlastat [imperfective] (Czech), zuipen (Dutch), ryypätä (Finnish), kulauttaa (Finnish), lamper (French), oferdrincan (Old English), ovardrinkan (Old Saxon), żłopać (Polish), dar uma golada (Portuguese), загла́тывать (zaglátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), глота́ть (glotátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пить за́лпом (pitʹ zálpom) [imperfective] (Russian), глотну́ть (glotnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), пивну́ть (pivnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), хлебну́ть (xlebnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), осуши́ть за́лпом (osušítʹ zálpom) [perfective] (Russian), ло̀кати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), цу̏гати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), lòkati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), cȕgati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), זויפֿן (zoyfn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-swig-en-verb-WY2vfa4B Disambiguation of 'to drink (usually by gulping)': 95 0 5
  2. (obsolete) To suck. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-swig-en-verb-YVfWOtfr
  3. (nautical) 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. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: sweating
    Sense id: en-swig-en-verb-yYJLeTs3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 8 21 22 3 7 1 34 Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pija na golemi glǎtki",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "word": "пия на големи глътки"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
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        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "hltat"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
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        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "chlastat"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "word": "zuipen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "word": "ryypätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "word": "kulauttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "word": "lamper"
    },
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "word": "oferdrincan"
    },
    {
      "code": "osx",
      "lang": "Old Saxon",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "word": "ovardrinkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "word": "żłopać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "word": "dar uma golada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaglátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "загла́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glotátʹ",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "глота́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pitʹ zálpom",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пить за́лпом"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glotnútʹ",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "глотну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pivnútʹ",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пивну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlebnútʹ",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "хлебну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osušítʹ zálpom",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "осуши́ть за́лпом"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ло̀кати"
    },
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
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      ],
      "word": "цу̏гати"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
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      ],
      "word": "lòkati"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "cȕgati"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "zoyfn",
      "sense": "to drink (usually by gulping)",
      "word": "זויפֿן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swig"
}

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        {
          "word": "sip"
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          "word": "swill"
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        "A person who drinks deeply."
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        "obsolete"
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        "A tackle with ropes which are not parallel."
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        "(nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc."
      ],
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          "beer",
          "beer"
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        [
          "spice",
          "spice"
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/swɪɡ/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-swig.ogg",
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "goljama glǎtka",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "word": "голяма глътка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hlt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lok"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "word": "ryyppy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "word": "kulaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "word": "huikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lampée"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schluck"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zug"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "belgħa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glotók",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "глото́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lingotazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "word": "stor klunk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a drink",
      "word": "slurk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swig"
}

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