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- Dictionaryswill/swɪl/
verb
- 1. wash or rinse out (an area or container) by pouring large amounts of water or other liquid over or into it: British "I swilled out the mug" Similar
- 2. drink (something) greedily or in large quantities: informal "they whiled away their evening swilling pints of bitter" Similar
noun
- 1. kitchen refuse and scraps of waste food mixed with water for feeding to pigs. Similar
- 2. a large mouthful of a drink: informal "a swill of ale" Similar
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noun. 1. : something suggestive of slop or garbage : refuse. 2. a. : a semiliquid food for animals (such as swine) composed of edible refuse mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk. b. : garbage. Synonyms. Verb. gorge.
SWILL definition: 1. to cause a liquid to flow around or over something, often in order to clean it: 2. to drink…. Learn more.
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.
Swill definition: liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.. See examples of SWILL used in a sentence.
Definition of swill verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. [Middle English swilen, to wash out, from Old English swilian; see swel- in Indo-European roots .] swill′er n.
SWILL meaning: 1. to cause a liquid to flow around or over something, often in order to clean it: 2. to drink…. Learn more.
SWILL definition: 1. to clean something by making liquid move around it: 2. to quickly drink a large amount of…. Learn more.
1. : food for animals (such as pigs) made from scraps of food and water. 2. informal : food or drink that is very bad or unappealing. I refuse to eat this swill. [= garbage] SWILL meaning: 1 : to drink (something) quickly in large amounts; 2 : to move around in a container.
1. uncountable noun. Swill is a liquid mixture containing waste food that is given to pigs to eat. Synonyms: waste, slops, mash, mush More Synonyms of swill. 2. transitive verb. If you swill an alcoholic drink, you drink a lot of it. A crowd of men were standing around swilling beer.
