Dictionary Entry
swig
swig is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.
- 2transitive verb
To suck.
- 3noun
A long draught.
- 4noun
A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
- 5noun
A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc.
- 6transitive verb
To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off.
- 7transitive verb
To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.
- 8noun
a large and hurried swallow
"he finished it at a single gulp"
- 9verb
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
"The men gulped down their beers"
- 10verb
strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
"He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
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