Noun
can I have just a swig of your lemonade to wash down these french fries? Verb
the only way he can stay awake at his night job is by constantly swigging drinks containing caffeine
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Noun
Durie held out a bottle of rum and urged Holt to take a swig.—Eric Jay Dolin, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024 One scene is set inside a smoke and vape shop, and an adult takes a swig from a bottle of alcohol.—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Verb
Omar shrugged and swigged from the jug, letting water run down his chin and onto his neck, down his flat stomach.—Jared Lemus, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2024 Two weeks later, at a taproom in Superior, Wisconsin, the teetotaling Biden mingled with about two dozen patrons, several swigging beer during the mid-afternoon stop, after speaking at a neighboring brewery about the turnaround in the economy.—Zeke Miller, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for swig
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