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)
- To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
- That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
- To suck.
- As sucking Colts leap when they swig the Teat1684, Thomas Creech, Idylliums of Theocritus
- 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
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
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