swig
/swɪɡ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em."
- "As sucking Colts leap when they swig the Teat"
- "take a swig of whisky"
- "Jerry put his brandy bottle at the side of his pillow,—kindly informing him that he would have an opportunity of taking a few more swigs before he went down, for the water was only up to her bends at present."
- "He looked up, however, at my coming, knocked the neck off the bottle like a man who had done the same thing often, and took a good swig, with his favourite toast of "Here's luck!""
- "And he took the last swig out of the pint."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /swɪɡ/
- British English: /swɪɡ/