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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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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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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

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Noun

Attendees sample tastings of live-fire dishes from various chefs while enjoying sips of premium whiskey and wines from the region.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The 44-minute call and the memo Between sips of Guinness—a moment of apparent wincing by Zuckerberg went viral—the pair recounted how their partnership began.

— Emma Witman, Fortune, 17 Oct. 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

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Separate areas for lounging, dining and a drinks station, anchored by rugs, planter clusters or furniture changes, will become the default design brief.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
The beverage lineup includes espresso drinks, lattes, cappuccinos, cold and hot coffee, and specialty seasonal drinks.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026

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