Swigged vs Wigged - What's the difference?
swigged | wigged |
(swig)
To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
(obsolete) To suck.
* Creech
(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.
(wig)
A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness; for cultural or religious reasons; for fashion; or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.
(dated, among fishermen) An old seal.
To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
(colloquial) To upbraid, reprimand.
(colloquial) To become very excitable or emotional; to lose control of one's emotions.
As verbs the difference between swigged and wigged
is that swigged is (swig) while wigged is (wig).swigged
English
Verb
(head)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.
- (Marryat)