as in gulps
to swallow in liquid form
the only way he can stay awake at his night job is by constantly swigging drinks containing caffeine
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Recent Examples of swigs
Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swigs
Noun
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Plus, Howl at the Moon will offer Swiftie sips, such as the Lucky One Miss Peaches Seltzer, Through the Orange Door jello shots, a TS12 shot, and That’s Showbiz cocktails and drink buckets.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Stop by the tasting room for sips of North Carolina vintages.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At a casual pub in Windsor, Levy orders a Guinness and drinks none of it, while William orders a sweet cider and drinks one quarter of it.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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When a person drinks from that source, the cycle repeats.—
Michal Ruprecht,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Swigs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swigs. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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