Swill

//swɪl// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose. collective, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk wordnet
  3. 3
    Any disgusting or distasteful liquid. broadly, countable, uncountable

    "I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill."

  4. 4
    Anything disgusting or worthless. broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "This new TV show is a worthless load of swill."

  5. 5
    A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow. countable, informal, uncountable

    "He took a swill of his drink and tried to think of words."

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  1. 6
    Inexpensive beer or alcohol. countable, informal, uncountable

    "Kesh's assistant, Wilma, wants to surprise Kesh with some bootlegged swill from Kadara."

  2. 7
    A badly-thrown pass. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess. transitive

    "[…] well-dressed people, of both sexes, […] devouring sliced beef, and swilling port, and punch, and cider […]"

  2. 2
    drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink) wordnet
  3. 3
    To wash (something) by flooding with water. transitive

    "As fearfully as doth a galled rock / O’erhang and jutty his confounded base, / Swill’d with the wild and wasteful ocean."

  4. 4
    feed pigs wordnet
  5. 5
    To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion. transitive

    "Jimmie looked lovingly at the flask, smelt it, and then, placing it next his ear, swilled it round to hear the splash of liquor."

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  1. 6
    To move around or over a surface. intransitive

    "[…] before them, between the high banks of the Vaal, they saw only a world of brown water, streaked with white froth, hurling down upon them. It rose above the foot-board and swilled to the level of the seat."

  2. 7
    To inebriate; to fill with drink. obsolete, transitive

    "[…] I should be loath To meet the rudenesse, and swill’d insolence Of such late Wassailers;"

  3. 8
    To feed swill to (pigs). transitive

    "“Carlia, have you swilled the pigs?”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swilian (“to wash; wash down; swill; gargle”), from Proto-West Germanic *swilljan, from Proto-Germanic *swiljaną (“to gulp, swallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to drink, gulp, swallow”). Related to swallow.

Etymology 2

From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swilian (“to wash; wash down; swill; gargle”), from Proto-West Germanic *swilljan, from Proto-Germanic *swiljaną (“to gulp, swallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to drink, gulp, swallow”). Related to swallow.

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