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I was with Tina Turner when she first saw Janis Joplin, and she said to Janis, 'Honey, you can't continue to sing like that, or you'll have no voice,' and Janis' response was just to laugh and take a swig on her Southern Comfort.
Michael Wadleigh

Meaning of "swig" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SWIG

Of unknown origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SWIG

swig  [swɪɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWIG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Swig is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb swig in English.

WHAT DOES SWIG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of swig in the English dictionary

The definition of swig in the dictionary is a large swallow or deep drink, esp from a bottle. Other definition of swig is to drink deeply, esp from a bottle.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SWIG

PRESENT

Present
I swig
you swig
he/she/it swigs
we swig
you swig
they swig
Present continuous
I am swigging
you are swigging
he/she/it is swigging
we are swigging
you are swigging
they are swigging
Present perfect
I have swigged
you have swigged
he/she/it has swigged
we have swigged
you have swigged
they have swigged
Present perfect continuous
I have been swigging
you have been swigging
he/she/it has been swigging
we have been swigging
you have been swigging
they have been swigging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I swigged
you swigged
he/she/it swigged
we swigged
you swigged
they swigged
Past continuous
I was swigging
you were swigging
he/she/it was swigging
we were swigging
you were swigging
they were swigging
Past perfect
I had swigged
you had swigged
he/she/it had swigged
we had swigged
you had swigged
they had swigged
Past perfect continuous
I had been swigging
you had been swigging
he/she/it had been swigging
we had been swigging
you had been swigging
they had been swigging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will swig
you will swig
he/she/it will swig
we will swig
you will swig
they will swig
Future continuous
I will be swigging
you will be swigging
he/she/it will be swigging
we will be swigging
you will be swigging
they will be swigging
Future perfect
I will have swigged
you will have swigged
he/she/it will have swigged
we will have swigged
you will have swigged
they will have swigged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been swigging
you will have been swigging
he/she/it will have been swigging
we will have been swigging
you will have been swigging
they will have been swigging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would swig
you would swig
he/she/it would swig
we would swig
you would swig
they would swig
Conditional continuous
I would be swigging
you would be swigging
he/she/it would be swigging
we would be swigging
you would be swigging
they would be swigging
Conditional perfect
I would have swig
you would have swig
he/she/it would have swig
we would have swig
you would have swig
they would have swig
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been swigging
you would have been swigging
he/she/it would have been swigging
we would have been swigging
you would have been swigging
they would have been swigging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you swig
we let´s swig
you swig
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to swig
Past participle
swigged
Present Participle
swigging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWIG


bagwig
ˈbæɡˌwɪɡ
bewig
bɪˈwɪɡ
bigwig
ˈbɪɡˌwɪɡ
bobwig
ˈbɒbˌwɪɡ
buzzwig
ˈbʌzˌwɪɡ
Eadwig
ˈɛdwɪɡ
earwig
ˈɪəˌwɪɡ
periwig
ˈpɛrɪˌwɪɡ
twig
twɪɡ
Whig
wɪɡ
wig
wɪɡ
WYSIWYG
ˈwɪzɪˌwɪɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWIG

swift-flowing
swift-footed
swifter
Swiftian
swiftie
swifties
swiftlet
swiftly
swiftness
swifty
swigged
swigger
swigging
swiler
swill
swiller
swim
swim against the tide
swim bladder
swim with the tide

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWIG

big
Braunschweig
brig
Chlodwig
cig
craig
dig
fig
fright wig
gig
guinea pig
jig
lawyer´s wig
Leipzig
lig
pig
rig
Schleswig
tig
vig

Synonyms and antonyms of swig in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «swig» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWIG

Find out the translation of swig to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of swig from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «swig» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

痛饮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trago
570 millions of speakers

English

swig
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बड़ा घूँट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جرعة كبيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

глоток
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gole
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lampée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Swig
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schluck
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガブガブ飲む
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꿀꺽 꿀꺽
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Swig
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

uống một lân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிக்க ஆவலுடன் குடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्विंग करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yudum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sorsata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żłopać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ковток
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înghițitură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

swig
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sluk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klunk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slurk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swig

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWIG»

The term «swig» is regularly used and occupies the 59.309 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWIG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about swig

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QUOTES WITH «SWIG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word swig.
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Michael Wadleigh
I was with Tina Turner when she first saw Janis Joplin, and she said to Janis, 'Honey, you can't continue to sing like that, or you'll have no voice,' and Janis' response was just to laugh and take a swig on her Southern Comfort.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWIG»

Discover the use of swig in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swig and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Python Scripting for Computational Science
The syntax of SWIG interface files consists of a mixture of special SWIG directives , C preprocessor directives, and C code. SWIG directives are always preceded by a % sign, while C preprocessor directives are recognized by a #. SWIG allows ...
Hans Petter Langtangen, 2008
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Advanced Topics in Computational Partial Differential ...
Basically, SWIG needs a list of the C or C++ functions we want to call from Python . This list appears in an interface file. In the current example, such an interface file could look as follows: /* file: draw.i */ "/.module draw 7.{ •include "draw.h" 7.} ...
Hans Petter Langtangen, Aslak Tveito, 2003
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Pro Android C++ with the NDK
Invoking SWIG You are now ready to invoke SWIG. Open a Terminal window or a command prompt, and go in to the directory where the hello-jni project is imported, such as C:\android\workspace\com.example. hellojni.HelloJni. As shown in ...
Onur Cinar, 2012
4
Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren
In California too were the chief justice's closest companions — Bart Cav- anaugh, Wally Lynn, and, more recently, hotelman Ben Swig. Swig had met Warren by accident shortly after World War II when Swig blundered into then-Governor ...
Ed Cray, 1997
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Programming Python
Well, almost; you still need to run this file through SWIG and compile its output. As before, simply add a SWIG step to your makefile and compile its output file into a shareable object for dynamic linking, and you're in business. Example 20-13 is ...
Mark Lutz, 2010
6
Finish the Game
Their first job is to produce a film festival for an actor and his wife; with everything in place they leave LA for the East Coast. The People they work for are not everything they appear to be.
S. J. Swig, 2002
7
Ruby Developers Guide
SWIG takes all of this (mostly mechanical) work off of your hands and lets you focus on developing a well-thought-out interface to a C code library.Your job is to write a SWIG interface file that describes the classes, constants, and functions for  ...
Syngress, 2002
8
City for Sale: The Transformation of San Francisco
Here, as in many similar situations, the ideal solution seemed to be the urban renewal program, but the program was available only for “blighted” areas, and, according to the City Planning Department, Swig's original four blocks did not qualify.
Chester Hartman, 2002
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Computer Science & Perl Programming: Best of The Perl Journal
Example 39-1. elapsed.c: a Cfunction to be wrappered by SWIG (continued) elapsed_seconds() was called. */ float elapsed_seconds(void) { static struct timeval then = {0, 0}; struct timeval now; /* The first time we're called note the time and ...
Jon Orwant, 2002
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Spencer's Boston Theatre: A Collection of Scarce Acting ...
The old one will see that that's all right. Reset. Swig. Swig. Eh ? how you made me jump. Reset. Do, there's a dear, good fellow, let me out? Swig. I can't. Reset. Now do, there's a dear ? Swig. I can't, my sweet. Reset. Then you are a brute, and I ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWIG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term swig is used in the context of the following news items.
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Copycat Swig Sugar Cookies and Chick-fil-a Lemonade
Copy Cat Swig Sugar Cookies Ingredients. 1 cup Butter (softened); 3/4 cup Vegetable Oil; 1 1/4 cup Sugar; 3/4 cup Powdered Sugar; 2 Tbsp Water; 2 Eggs; 1/2 ... «Good4Utah, Jul 15»
2
Life Tastes Better Here: Swig Charcuterie
000. Kim DeGiulio heads to Swig Charcuterie in downtown Perrysburg to find out what everyone's been talking about. / File. Photo. PERRYSBURG, Ohio -- Kim ... «WNWO NBC 24, Feb 15»
3
Watch Nosh & Swig Fight for Their Future on Restaurant Startup
The wait is over to see if Nosh & Swig owners Steve and Lorie Piamchuntar manage to convince Las Vegas restaurant fixture Joe Bastianich and chef and ... «Eater, Feb 15»
4
Swig: The Niche Social Network for Drinkers
Harry Raymond co-founded and designed Swig to be a new, niche social platform for drink explorers who want to know what's on tap at over 50,000 bars, ... «Tech Cocktail, Nov 14»
5
Swig: The new Facebook for drinkers (all drinkers)
This seems to be the concept behind Swig. It bills itself as "a community for all the world's drinkers." Please try to imagine a bar containing all the world's drinkers ... «CNET, Nov 14»
6
The Real Millionaire Matchmaker
If you've ever wanted to sip coffee out of a Julian Schnabel ceramic or scrape the last morsels of cake from a bona fide piece of Jeff Koons pop art, Liz Swig has ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
7
Brisket War Rages at Barbecue Place Swig & Swine
"Very few pits can get every meat right, and Swig & Swine has found its waterloo in the form of brisket," declared critic Hanna Raskin back in August. This week ... «Eater, Oct 14»
8
Cider Swig 2014: First hard cider festival of its kind Saturday in Gig …
Several food trucks and mobile food operations will also be at the Cider Swig. Expect barbecue from Rib Ticklers and Smokin Zee's BBQ; tacos and burritos from ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Sep 14»
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Swig Co. buying out Blackstone at 1460 Broadway, upgrading site
San Francisco-based Swig Co., which has no relation to Swig Equities, is buying out Blackstone Group, its 49 percent partner in the property, and is teaming up ... «The Real Deal Magazine, Aug 14»
10
Savanna picks up FiDi office building for $261M
Real estate investment firm Savanna, in a joint venture with KBS Capital Advisors, picked up 110 William Street from Swig Equities and the Dubai Investment ... «The Real Deal Magazine, May 14»

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