To drink by large draughts; drink off rapidly and greedily: as, to swig one's liquor.To suck, or suck at, eagerly, as when liquid will not come readily.To take a swig, or deep draught.To leak out.n. A large or deep draught.n. Ale and toasted bread.Same as swag or sway. SpecificallyTo pull a rope fast at both ends upon, by throwing the weight on the bight of it.To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tight with a string so that they slough off.n. A pull on a rope fast at both ends.n. Nautical, a tackle the falls of which are not parallel.To pass through; slip along; swirl through.