SWIG (swigged, swigging)

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Irregular inflected forms: swigged    , swigging   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does swig mean? 

• SWIG (noun)
  The noun SWIG has 1 sense:

1. a large and hurried swallow

  Familiarity information: SWIG used as a noun is very rare.

• SWIG (verb)
  The verb SWIG has 2 senses:

1. strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

2. to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

  Familiarity information: SWIG used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWIG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large and hurried swallow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

draft; draught; gulp; swig

Context example:

he finished it at a single gulp

Hypernyms ("swig" is a kind of...):

deglutition; drink; swallow (the act of swallowing)

Derivation:

swig (to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught)

• SWIG (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they swig    ... he / she / it swigs   
Past simple: swigged   
Past participle: swigged   
-ing form: swigging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

slog; slug; swig

Context example:

He slugged me so hard that I passed out

Hypernyms (to "swig" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to swig his opponent

Sense 2

Meaning:

To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

gulp; quaff; swig

Context example:

The men gulped down their beers

Hypernyms (to "swig" is one way to...):

drink; imbibe (take in liquids)

"Swig" entails doing...:

get down; swallow (pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

swig (a large and hurried swallow)

 Context examples 

He looked up, however, at my coming, knocked the neck off the bottle like a man who had done the same thing often, and took a good swig, with his favourite toast of “Here's luck!”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)