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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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SWILL definition: 1. to cause a liquid to flow around or over something, often in order to clean it: 2. to drink…. Learn more.
The meaning of SWILL is wash, drench. How to use swill in a sentence. wash, drench; to drink great drafts of : guzzle; to feed (an animal, such as a pig) with swill…
SWILL meaning: 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.
Definition of swill verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Swill definition: liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.. See examples of SWILL used in a sentence.
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 definition: 1. to clean something by making liquid move around it: 2. to quickly drink a large amount of…. Learn more.
swill meaning, definition, what is swill: to wash something by pouring a lot of wa...: Learn more.
noun. wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk. synonyms: pigswill, pigwash, slop, slops. see more. see less.
