gulp, draft, draught, swig
(noun) a large and hurried swallow; “he finished it at a single gulp”
gulp, quaff, swig
(verb) to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; “The men gulped down their beers”
slug, slog, swig
(verb) strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; “He slugged me so hard that I passed out”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
swig (third-person singular simple present swigs, present participle swigging, simple past and past participle swigged)
To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
Synonyms: chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff
(obsolete) To suck.
(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.
Synonym: sweating
• See also drink
swig (plural swigs)
(obsolete) Drink, liquor. [1540s–?]
(by extension) A long draught from a drink. [from 1620s]
Synonyms: draught, sip, swill
(obsolete) A person who drinks deeply.
(nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
• See also drink
• WSGI, wigs
Source: Wiktionary
Swig, v. t. Etym: [Cf. D. zwelgen to swallow, E. swallow, v.t.]
1. To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider. [Colloq.]
2. To suck. [Obs. or Archaic] The lambkins swig the teat. Creech.
Swig, n.
1. A long draught. [Colloq.] Marryat.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
3. A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
Swig, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. swig to leak out, AS. swijian to be silent, swican to evade, escape.]
1. To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Naut.)
Definition: To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
