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swigged

/swɪɡd/

swigged is the simple past and past participle of swig.

Meaning of swig

Verb

swig (third-person singular simple present swigs, present participle swigging, simple past and past participle swigged)

  1. To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
    • That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
    Synonyms:
    chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff
  2. (obsolete) To suck.
    • As sucking Colts leap when they swig the Teat1684, Thomas Creech, Idylliums of Theocritus
  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.
    Synonyms:
    sweating

See all 8 meanings of swig

Words that rhyme with swigged

Questions about swigged

What is swigged the simple past and past participle of?
Swigged is the simple past and past participle of swig.
How do you pronounce swigged?
Swigged is pronounced /swɪɡd/.

Words near swigged in the dictionary

  1. Swigarts
  2. Swiger
  3. Swigers
  4. Swigert
  5. Swigerts
  6. swigged
  7. swigger
  8. swiggers
  9. swigging
  10. swiggle
  11. swigs

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