Other forms: swigging
A swig is a large mouthful of drink taken quickly. Take a swig, a swig of water, swig it down.
It is informal and implies drinking from the bottle rather than a glass, which is most of its character. As a verb it means to drink that way. Note that a swig is a single mouthful, so several swigs make a drink — which is the distinction from a swill or a gulp. The word's origin is uncertain, possibly connected to the Old English for swallow.
1nounswigA large mouthful of drink taken quickly.
“He took a swig of water from his bottle and kept running.”
2verbdrinkTo drink in that way.
“He swigged lemonade straight from the bottle.”
swig is a mouthful of drink.
The word appears in the mid-sixteenth century with no certain origin, perhaps connected to Old English swelgan, to swallow.
unknown, mid 16 Perhaps connected with Old English swelgan (“to swallow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire