SWIG
/swɪɡ/
8
Scrabble
9
WWF
S(1) W(4) I(1) G(2)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/swɪɡ/
noun
- Drink, liquor.
- (by extension) A long draught from a drink.
- A person who drinks deeply.
- A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
- Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
verb
- To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.“That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.”
- To suck.
- To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: SWIG-S
