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  • 11swig — [swig] Informal vt., vi. swigged, swigging [< ?] to drink, esp. in great gulps or quantities n. an instance of swigging; deep draft, esp. of liquor swigger n …

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  • 12swig — 1540s, drink, liquor, later big or hearty drink of liquor (1620s), of unknown origin. The verb is first attested 1650s …

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  • 13swig- — *swig germ.?, schwach. Verb: nhd. beugen; ne. bend (Verb); Rekontruktionsbasis: an.; Etymologie: s. ing. *su̯eik ?, Verb, biegen, drehen, schwingen, Pokorny 1042?; …

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  • 14swig — informal ► VERB (swigged, swigging) ▪ drink in large draughts. ► NOUN ▪ a large draught of drink. ORIGIN of unknown origin …

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  • 15SWIG — Infobox Software name = SWIG developer = SWIG developers latest release version = 1.3.36 latest release date = June 24, 2008 operating system = Cross platform license = BSD licenses website = [http://www.swig.org/ www.swig.org/] SWIG (Simplified… …

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  • 16swig — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, good, large, long ▪ quick VERB + SWIG ▪ have …

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  • 17swig — UK [swɪɡ] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms swig : present tense I/you/we/they swig he/she/it swigs present participle swigging past tense swigged past participle swigged informal to drink something from a bottle, can, glass etc… …

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  • 18swig — [[t]swɪ̱g[/t]] swigs, swigging, swigged VERB If you swig a drink, you drink it from a bottle or cup quickly and in large amounts. [V n with down/back] I swigged down two white wines... [V n] He was still hanging around, swigging the Coke out of… …

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  • 19swig — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1623 a quantity drunk at one time II. verb (swigged; swigging) Date: circa 1650 transitive verb to drink in long drafts < swig cider > intr …

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  • 20swig — swigger, n. /swig/, n., v., swigged, swigging. Informal. n. 1. an amount of liquid, esp. liquor, taken in one swallow; draught: He took a swig from the flask. v.t., v.i. 2. to drink heartily or greedily. [1540 50; orig. uncert.] * * * …

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