swill
liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
kitchen refuse in general; garbage.
any liquid mess, waste, or refuse; slop.
a deep draught of liquor.
contemptibly worthless utterance or writing; drivel.
to drink greedily or excessively.
to drink (something) greedily or to excess; guzzle.
to feed (animals) with swill: to swill hogs.
Chiefly British. to wash by rinsing or flooding with water.
Origin of swill
1Other words from swill
- swiller, noun
- un·swilled, adjective
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How to use swill in a sentence
The farmer is a beer swiller, and sleeps heavily, and his women folks all sleep up in the garret.
Cruel As The Grave | Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth"If he is called Swiller Deck, he must drink a good deal," said the sergeant, with a laugh.
Fighting in Cuban Waters | Edward StratemeyerTherefore we say it is a lie, and Khaled is a true man, and a Sonna like ourselves, not a swiller of wine nor a devourer of pigs.
Khaled, A Tale of Arabia | F. Marion Crawford
British Dictionary definitions for swill
/ (swɪl) /
to drink large quantities of (liquid, esp alcoholic drink); guzzle
(tr often foll by out) mainly British to drench or rinse in large amounts of water
(tr) to feed swill to (pigs, etc)
wet feed, esp for pigs, consisting of kitchen waste, skimmed milk, etc
garbage or refuse, esp from a kitchen
a deep draught of drink, esp beer
any liquid mess
the act of swilling
Origin of swill
1Derived forms of swill
- swiller, noun
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