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Swigged vs Snigged - What's the difference?

swigged | snigged |

As verbs the difference between swigged and snigged

is that swigged is (swig) while snigged is (snig).

swigged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (swig)

    • swig

    English

    Verb

    (swigg)
  • To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
    • That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
  • (obsolete) To suck.
  • * Creech
    • The lambkins swig the teat.
  • (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 )

    • Synonyms

    * (to drink) chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff * See also

    Noun

  • (en noun), (Appalachian)
  • A long draught from a drink.
  • * , Episode 12, The Cyclops
    • And he took the last swig out of the pint.
    (Marryat)
  • (nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
  • Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * (a drink) draught, sip * See also

    Anagrams

    * Appalachian English

    snigged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (snig)

    • snig

    English

    Verb

  • (Australia, New Zealand, forestry) To drag a log along the ground by means of a chain fastened at one end.
  • (UK, dialect) To sneak.
  • To chop off; to cut.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) A small eel.
    • (Webster 1913)

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