Usually means: Drinking quickly in large gulps.
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  1. swigging: Merriam-Webster
  2. swigging: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. swigging: Collins English Dictionary
  4. swigging: Vocabulary.com
  5. swigging: Wordnik
  6. swigging: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. swigging: Wiktionary
  8. swigging: Dictionary.com
  9. swigging: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. swigging: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See swig as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (swig)

verb:  To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
verb:  (obsolete) To suck.
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.
noun:  (obsolete) Drink, liquor.
noun:  (by extension) A long draught from a drink.
noun:  (obsolete) A person who drinks deeply.
noun:  (nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
noun:  Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
▸ Also see swig


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