swig
swig
Definition
swig (swig)
transitive verb, intransitive verb swigged, swig′·ging
to drink, esp. in great gulps or quantities
Etymology: < ?
noun
an instance of swigging; deep draft, esp. of liquor
swig′·ger noun
swig
Usage Examples
Object
- vodka: She wears red nail varnish and breaks camp curfew by sitting up past midnight swigging vodka and grape juice.
- beer: He is swigging beer, with his arm around Tracey Staines.
- bottle: As we turned the corner the Leeds players were out in force at the side of the hotel swigging bottles of designer lager.
- wine: He swigs wine from the bottle and blames booze for his bad behavior.
- cider: Slapping fines on teenagers swigging cider in the local park might play well with ' disgusted of Tunbridge Wells ' .
- champagne: We were both sat on the stage of the club, chatting and swigging Champagne from the bottle, looking very elegant!
Converse of object
- take: He took a large swig of his drink, almost draining the glass.
- have: The tramp sympathetically offers to let him have swig of his bottle, which Captain Britain declines.
Adjective modifier
- long: Open the first can of lager and take two very, very long swigs.
- few: Then, after a few swigs of diet coke, I set to work.
- big: Louis takes a big swig of Cognac and yells back " I am Louis ze French Fighter Pilot!
- good: Sorry folks, but it is time to not only smell the coffee, but to have a good swig of caffeine too!
- hearty: He makes up for the liquid tears with a hearty swig of cider ) Ho!
- large: He took a large swig of his drink, almost draining the glass.
Followed by a transitive particle
- down: With a grin and a shrug, he swigged down half of what remained and handed it to me.
Preposition: of
- water: We were laughing in the kitchen and i'd just taken a swig of water.
- beer: I wanted a cigarette, or at least a swig of beer.
- wine: Carrot wine, surprisingly enough, was really delicious, especially after being washed down with a hearty swig of strawberry wine.
- brandy: I took a swig of brandy and I was ready to go.
Preposition: from
- bottle: By waiting for the judge to start swigging from a bottle in the full view of the court?
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