Gulps vs Swig - What's the difference?
gulps | swig |
To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
(obsolete) To suck.
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(nautical) 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 )
(en noun), (Appalachian)
A long draught from a drink.
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(nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
As nouns the difference between gulps and swig
is that gulps is plural of lang=en while swig is a long draught from a drink.As verbs the difference between gulps and swig
is that gulps is third-person singular of gulp while swig is to drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.swig
English
Verb
(swigg)- That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
- The lambkins swig the teat.
Synonyms
* (to drink) chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff * See alsoNoun
- And he took the last swig out of the pint.
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