swig

noun

A deep draft, especially of liquor; a gulp.

transitive & intransitive verb

To drink (liquid) or engage in drinking liquid in great gulps.

noun

A large or deep draught.

noun

Ale and toasted bread.

Same as swag or sway. Specifically

To pull a rope fast at both ends upon, by throwing the weight on the bight of it.

To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tight with a string so that they slough off.

To drink by large draughts; drink off rapidly and greedily: as, to swig one’s liquor.

To suck, or suck at, eagerly, as when liquid will not come readily.

To take a swig, or deep draught.