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Synonyms for swig

Grammar : Verb

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Phonetic Transcription : swɪg

Définition of swig

Origin : 1540s, "drink, liquor," later "big or hearty drink of liquor" (1620s), of unknown origin.

verb drink down

Example sentences :

I now went ashore at Charleston, and had my swig, as long as the money lasted.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

I don't care ef there's a dozen on 'em;' and he took a swig at his bottle.
Extract from : « Oldtown Fireside Stories » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Instead, however, of jumping at the chance, he took a swig at a flask of cognac.
Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham

And Swig says: "Well, Mr. Febrile, have you ever acted ill?"
Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens

Maybe, like as not, a swig o' rum ud sweeten his bilge, sir.
Extract from : « Brothers of Peril » by Theodore Goodridge Roberts

Then let us have a swig at the colonel's port—it's the best in the county.
Extract from : « Kennedy Square » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Grousing because he can't sit in an easy-chair and swig toddies no end!
Extract from : « Pirates' Hope » by Francis Lynde

It was "have a swig of this, Froggy" or "get yourself around that, Frenchy."
Extract from : « The A.E.F. » by Heywood Broun

He took a swig of pineapple juice and passed the can back to Harold.
Extract from : « First Man » by Clyde Brown

She lifted my flask from the desk, or I could be askin' you to have a swig.
Extract from : « Lightnin' » by Frank Bacon

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