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swig

 verb
     
Related topics: Drink
swig past tense and past participle swigged, present participle swigging [transitive]
informalDFD to drink something in large mouthfuls, especially from a bottle [= gulp]:
He sat swigging beer and smoking.
—swig noun [countable]
She took a long swig of coke.
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