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Definition of swig verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

swig

verb
 
/swɪɡ/
 
/swɪɡ/
(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they swig
 
/swɪɡ/
 
/swɪɡ/
he / she / it swigs
 
/swɪɡz/
 
/swɪɡz/
past simple swigged
 
/swɪɡd/
 
/swɪɡd/
past participle swigged
 
/swɪɡd/
 
/swɪɡd/
-ing form swigging
 
/ˈswɪɡɪŋ/
 
/ˈswɪɡɪŋ/
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  1. swig something to take a quick drink of something, especially alcohol
    • They sat around swigging beer from bottles.
    • He sat next to me, swigging at a bottle of cola.
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySwig is used with these nouns as the object:
    • beer
    • brandy
    • cider
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun in the obsolete sense ‘liquor’): of unknown origin.
See swig in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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