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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
