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Word: swig (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • a drink

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Verb:

  • 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 (also: ''sweating'')
  • To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.

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