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swig
verb
[ swɪɡ ]
• drink in large gulps.
• "Dave swigged the wine in five gulps"
swig
noun
• a large gulp of drink.
• "he took a swig of tea"
Origin:
mid 16th century (as a noun in the obsolete sense ‘liquor’): of unknown origin.