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swig

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Verb

  1. To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
  2. To suck.
  3. To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line.

Noun

  1. Drink, liquor.
  2. A long draught from a drink.
  3. A person who drinks deeply.
  4. A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
  5. Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.

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