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
One of them broke down the door, and Elaine, taking one last swig, called Belmont police.—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025 Burnett leaned into the character’s drinking habit, hiccupping through Miss Hannigan’s swigs from a bottle of bathtub gin.—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
After the ceremony, winners and honorees stretched their legs, swigged the last of their champagne and went off for a group photo shoot.—Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025 One little alien spews tiny tadpole-looking critters into a water bottle, later swigged down by junior engineer Malachite (Jamie Bisping).—Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for swig
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