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swig
English
Etymology
Unknown, mid 16th c. Perhaps connected with Old English swelgan (“to swallow”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /sw??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
swig (third-person singular simple present swigs, present participle swigging, simple past and past participle swigged)
- To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
- Synonyms: chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff
- (obsolete) To suck.
- 1684, Thomas Creech, Idylliums of Theocritus
- 1684, Thomas Creech, Idylliums of Theocritus
- (nautical) 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.
- Synonym: sweating
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:drink
Translations
Noun
swig (plural swigs)
- (obsolete) Drink, liquor. [1540s–?]
- (by extension) A long draught from a drink. [from 1620s]
- Synonyms: draught, sip, swill
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Marryat to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A person who drinks deeply.
- (nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
- Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:drink
Translations
Anagrams
- WSGI, wigs
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stig
English
Etymology
Believed to have originated from the eponymous character in the book Stig of the Dump (Clive King, Puffin, 1963, ?ISBN.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??/
Noun
stig (plural stigs)
- (Britain, derogatory) Someone from a poor background, with poor dress sense.
Synonyms
See chav.
Anagrams
- GTis, ISTG, gist, gits, tigs
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sti?j/
Noun
stig n (genitive singular stigs, plural stig)
- pace
- stair, rung
- (dance) step
- niveau, level
- degree (Celsius etc.)
- (sports) score
Declension
Synonyms
- (pace): fet, fótafet, gongd
- (dancing step): stev, fótastig
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st???/
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
stig n (genitive singular stigs, nominative plural stig)
- level
- degree
- stage
- point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
- (baseball, cricket) run
Declension
Synonyms
- (level): staða
- (degree): gráða
- (stage): áfangi
Derived terms
- á þessu stigi, á þessu stigi málsins
- á háu stigi
- öryggisstig (security level)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
stig
- imperative of stige
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse stígr.
Noun
stig m (definite singular stigen, indefinite plural stigar, definite plural stigane)
- alternative form of sti
Etymology 2
Verb
stig
- present tense of stige
- imperative of stige
Etymology 3
Noun
stìg n (definite singular stìget, indefinite plural stìg, definite plural stìgi)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by steg
References
- “stig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *st?g?, from *st?gan? (“climb”) ( > Old English st?gan). Cognate with Middle Dutch stige, Old High German stiga. A masculine Germanic variant *st?gaz is indicated by Old High German stic (German Steig), Old Norse stígr (Swedish stig).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti?j/
Noun
st?? f (nominative plural st??a or st??e)
- path (especially steep or narrow)
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: sty
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *stij?. Cognate with Old Norse stí (Danish sti).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stij/
Noun
sti? n (nominative plural sti?)
- hall, building, sty
Declension
Derived terms
- st?gweard (“steward”)
Descendants
- Middle English: sty
- English: sty
Old Norse
Etymology
Related to stíga.
Noun
stig n
- step, pace
- step (of a ladder)
- (plural only) degree, rank
Declension
Descendants
- Icelandic: stig
- Norwegian Nynorsk: steg
- Norwegian Bokmål: steg
References
- stig in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti??/
- Rhymes: -i??
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish st?gher, from Old Norse stígr, from Proto-Germanic *st?gu- or Proto-Germanic *st?gi-.Cognate with Danish sti and German Steig.Related to Swedish stiga.See also Old English stig.
Noun
stig c
- path, trail
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
stig
- imperative of stiga.
Anagrams
- tigs
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