Swigger vs Swigged - What's the difference?
swigger | swigged |
One who swigs.
* 2009 , Steven Travers, A Tale of Three Cities
(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.
* , Episode 12, The Cyclops
(nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
As a noun swigger
is one who swigs or swigger can be (offensive|derogatory|ethnic slur) an undecided african-american swing voter.As a verb swigged is
(swig).swigger
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- His work ethic, sobriety, and family man reputation meant little in the Big Apple; they loved the martini-swiggers of the Sinatra age.
Etymology 2
References
* http://mccaintalk.com/index.php?topic=415.msg1329 * http://www.topix.com/forum/who/john-mccain/T9I9GTIQ3J1AUQ303Anagrams
*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)