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swig
1. verb
a) To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.

That sailor can swig whisky with the best of em.

b) 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 (also: sweating)
Syn: chug, gulp, quaff
2. noun
a drink; sip

He took another swig.

Syn: draught, sip

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