swig

(Inglés)

Verb

1. To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
2. (obsolete) To suck.
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.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Drink, liquor.
2. (broadly) A long draught from a drink.
3. (obsolete) A person who drinks deeply.
4. A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
5. Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/swɪɡ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Relativo a Old English: swelgan

In summary

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

Sinónimos

gulp

slog

draught

guzzle

slug

quaff

drink

🥤

draft

swipe

swallow

plunk

pommel

pummel

sink

smash

smite

strike out

swing

whack

wham

whip

whomp

whop

knock back

whap

ingulf

bash

large drink

biff

bonk

boom

💥

bop

clobber

engulf

guzzling

imbibe

knock