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Swill
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- 1 A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose. collective, countable, uncountable
- 2 wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk wordnet
- 3 Any disgusting or distasteful liquid. broadly, countable, uncountable
"I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill."
- 4 Anything disgusting or worthless. broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
"This new TV show is a worthless load of swill."
- 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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- 6 Inexpensive beer or alcohol. countable, informal, uncountable
"Kesh's assistant, Wilma, wants to surprise Kesh with some bootlegged swill from Kadara."
- 7 A badly-thrown pass. countable, uncountable
- 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 drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink) wordnet
- 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 feed pigs wordnet
- 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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- 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."
- 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;"
- 8 To feed swill to (pigs). transitive
"“Carlia, have you swilled the pigs?”"
Etymology
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.
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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