swigs 1 of 2

noun

plural of swig
as in sips
the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time can I have just a swig of your lemonade to wash down these french fries?

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swigs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of swig
as in gulps
to swallow in liquid form the only way he can stay awake at his night job is by constantly swigging drinks containing caffeine

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Recent Examples of swigs
Noun
Harris swigs vodka from a bottle. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 In between tastings, palates were cleansed with sips of water, bites of crunchy apples and, in some cases, emergency swigs of Coca-Cola. — Barry Neild, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025 One of the first indelible images Ramsay conjures is of Grace crawling through the grass, wielding a large knife, carelessly batting overgrown weeds, while Jackson swigs from a bottle of beer, baby Harry bouncing next to a grocery store birthday cake. — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025 Burnett leaned into the character’s drinking habit, hiccupping through Miss Hannigan’s swigs from a bottle of bathtub gin. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 For live music, Feidiou 2 is a small rebetadiko, or traditional music cafe, known for its melancholic Greek folk music and meze bites swilled down with sharp swigs of tsipouro, a Greek version of grappa. — Anastasia Miari, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swigs
  1. sips
  2. gulps
  3. drinks
Noun
  • The hotel’s second-floor reception area has floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the beach, a pool table that is perpetually in play, and couches for gathering over morning coffee and evening sips.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Tasting wristbands are required for Taste of Los Gatos bites and sips.
    — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of sips
Verb
  • Sang-woo, who’d previously refused to drink soju with Ho-seok and Mi-ok, gulps down a fifteen-hundred-dollar bottle of Gaja Chardonnay.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The customer gulps it down in a single stretch and drops it into a bin – visible proof of his relief, at least for this moment, from the sweltering heat.
    — Light Oriye Tamunotonye, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of gulps
Noun
  • Hotels in the area get in on the fun, too, like the Kennebunkport Inn, which places guests in the center of Dock Square and offers Prelude Tents featuring drinks and DJs.
    — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The upshot of this is that George, who works the room in a sharp gray suit, a few tattoos peeking out, has plenty of opportunities to charismatically make things right, shaking hands and clasping shoulders and sending over lull-filling drinks.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of drinks

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“Swigs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swigs. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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