swig

Etymology
, mid c. 16 Perhaps connected with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) To drink ; to quaff.
 * 2)  To suck.
 * 3)  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.
 * 1)  To suck.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:drink

Translations

 * Bulgarian: пия на големи глътки
 * Czech: hltat,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, kulauttaa
 * French:
 * Old English: oferdrincan
 * Old Saxon: ovardrinkan
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: dar uma golada
 * Russian:, , пить за́лпом, , пивну́ть, , осуши́ть за́лпом
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ло̀кати, цу̏гати
 * Roman: ,
 * Yiddish: זויפֿן

Noun

 * 1)  Drink, liquor.
 * 2)  A long draught from a drink.
 * 3)  A person who drinks deeply.
 * 4)  A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
 * 5) Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
 * 1)  A person who drinks deeply.
 * 2)  A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
 * 3) Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
 * 1)  A person who drinks deeply.
 * 2)  A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
 * 3) Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:drink

Translations

 * Bulgarian: голяма глътка
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Maltese: belgħa
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: lingotazo
 * Swedish: stor klunk,