swig

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A deep draft, especially of liquor; a gulp.
• transitive & intransitive verb To drink (liquid) or engage in drinking liquid in great gulps.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A large or deep draught.
• noun Ale and toasted bread.
• Same as swag or sway. Specifically
• To 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.
• noun A pull on a rope fast at both ends.
• noun Nautical, a tackle the falls of which are not parallel.
• 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.
• To pass through; slip along; swirl through.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb Prov. Eng. To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off.
• transitive verb (Naut.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.
• noun colloq. A long draught.
• noun (Naut.) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
• noun Prov. Eng. A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc.
• transitive verb colloq. To drink in long draughts; to gulp.
• transitive verb Obs. or Archaic To suck.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
• verb 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 (also: sweating)
• noun A drink; sip.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
• verb strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
• noun a large and hurried swallow