swill

Definition of Swill in English :

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Noun

1. pigswill, pigwash, slop, slops, swill

wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

Verb

2. slop, swill

feed pigs

slop

3. swill, swill down

drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)

swill down

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Swill

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verb

1.

to drink large quantities of (liquid, esp alcoholic drink); guzzle

2. (transitive; often foll by out) mainly British

to drench or rinse in large amounts of water

3. (transitive)

to feed swill to (pigs, etc)

noun

4.

wet feed, esp for pigs, consisting of kitchen waste, skimmed milk, etc

5.

garbage or refuse, esp from a kitchen

6.

a deep draught of drink, esp beer

7.

any liquid mess

8.

the act of swilling

Swill

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verb transitive

1.

to flood with water so as to wash or rinse

2.

to drink greedily or in large quantity

3.

to feed swill to (pigs, etc.)

verb intransitive

4.

to drink, esp. liquor, in large quantities

noun

5.

garbage, table scraps, etc. mixed with liquid and used for feeding pigs, etc.; wash

6.

garbage or slop

7.

the act of swilling

8.

a deep draft of liquor; swig

Swill

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v. swilled, swill·ing, swills

v.tr.

1.

a. To drink greedily or grossly: "Unshaven horsemen swill the great wines of the Chateaux" (W.H. Auden).

b. To follow the ingestion of (food, for example) with the ingestion of a liquid: swilled down the pretzels with soda.

2.

a. To flood with water, as for washing or rinsing: swilled out the glass.

b. To swirl (a liquid) around in a container or in one's mouth: swilled the wine in the glass before sniffing.

3. To feed (animals) with swill.

v.intr.

To drink greedily or to excess.

n.

1. A mixture of liquid and solid food, such as table scraps, fed to animals, especially pigs; slop.

2. Liquor or other alcohol of poor quality: I won't drink this swill.

3. A swig or gulp of a drink.

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