Past tense of swig
regular verb
The past tense of swig is swigged. The past participle is also swigged.
Forms of swig
| Base form (V1) | swig /swɪɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | swigged /swɪɡd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | swigged /swɪɡd/ |
| Present participle | swigging /ˈswɪɡɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | swigs /swɪɡz/ |
Swigged in a sentence
- A man, only a few metres away, standing up in plain view, swigged on a bottle of voddy.2004, Catherine Bateson, The Air Dancer of Glass. From the entry voddy
- He took another swig with caution, and gave the bottle to David, and they swigged at it in turn.1966, William Mayne, Earthfasts, Peter Smith, published 1989, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry bowk
Meaning of swig
- verb To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
- verb To suck.
- verb 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.
Questions about the past tense of swig
- What is the past tense of swig?
- The past tense of swig is swigged.
- What is the past participle of swig?
- The past participle of swig is swigged.
- Is swig a regular or irregular verb?
- Swig is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
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