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
Words Nearby swill
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How to use swill in a sentence
That convenience is key when you’re trying to resist the allure of pricy cafe brew or nasty-but-easy gas station swill.
The Los Angeles Police Department, a swill of American authoritarianism if there has ever been one, saw the 1984 Los Angeles Games as an opportunity.
The IOC’s Treatment of Missing Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Is Disturbingly On-Brand | Corbin Smith | November 29, 2021 | The Daily BeastThe cinnamon-flavored swill has been recalled in Europe over a chemical found in antifreeze.
Europeans Recall Fireball Whiskey Over a Sweetener Also Used in Antifreeze | Tim Mak | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor millions of Americans, it represents bottom-shelf, super-market swill of college parties yore.
Taking Boxed Wine Seriously: It’s Not Just for Hobos and Teenagers Anymore | Jordan Salcito | March 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs one friend remarked, when I confessed that I liked Wagner, “Megan has an unusually high tolerance for bombastic swill”.
It was when one of the table-legs overturned the swill-pail that the long pent-up storm burst in a torrent of invective.
The corners of its mouth are permanently turned up so that it can hardly stop smiling even when it is squealing for swill.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurShe was so full that we were afraid to give her the usual ration of swill for fear she would swell up and burst.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurLightning flashed and forked athwart the clouded firmament, from which fell rain, not in drops, but sheets—a very swill of it.
The Vee-Boers | Mayne ReidThen I went goes in a quick way to the singing creek where the willows grow, to get the swill-smells off.
The Story of Opal | Opal Whiteley
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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