SWIG

Swig

Swig may refer to: SWIG, an open source software tool, Swig Judaic Studies Program program at the University of San Francisco, The Swig Company, American real estate investment firm

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swig

Noun

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  1. A long draught from a drink.
  2. A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
  3. Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.

Verb

  1. To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
    That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
  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 (also: sweating)


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