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Swig   /swɪg/   Listen
Swig

verb
1.
Strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat.  Synonyms: slog, slug.
2.
To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught.  Synonyms: gulp, quaff.






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"Swig" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mister Age begins a-stealin' Thoo yo' back an' knees, W'en yo' bones an' jints lose der limber feelin', An' am stiff'nin' by degrees; Now der's jes one way to feel young and spry, W'en you heah dem banjos soun' Git a great big swig o' de ole corn juice, An' w'en ...
— Fifty years & Other Poems • James Weldon Johnson

... observed the rancher. "First I ever see that didn't choke on a swig of that. But you youngsters has the advantage of a sound lining for ...
— The Rangeland Avenger • Max Brand

... were two eminent gastronomes—call them Messrs. Guttle and Swig—who so acridly hated each other that nothing but a good dinner could bring them under the same roof. (They had had a quarrel, I think, about the merit of a certain Amontillado—which, by the way, one insisted, despite Edgar Allan Poe, who certainly knew too much of whiskey to ...
— The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce • Ambrose Bierce



Words linked to "Swig" :   hit, get down, drink, deglutition, gulp, imbibe, slug, swallow



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