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to swig
01
to drink something in one large gulp or swallow
Intransitive
Transitive: to swig a liquid
Grammatical Information
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
swig
3rd person singular
swigs
Past simple
swigged
Past participle
swigged
Examples
The exhausted hiker paused to swig from the canteen, quenching his thirst on the trail.
Swig
01
a large or hurried mouthful of a drink
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
swigs
Examples
He took a swig of water after the long run.
