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swill
[swil]
noun
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.
verb (used without object)
to drink greedily or excessively.
verb (used with object)
to drink (something) greedily or to excess; guzzle.
to feed (animals) with swill.
to swill hogs.
Chiefly British.Ìýto wash by rinsing or flooding with water.
swill
/ ²õ·Éɪ±ô /
verb
to drink large quantities of (liquid, esp alcoholic drink); guzzle
to drench or rinse in large amounts of water
(tr) to feed swill to (pigs, etc)
noun
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
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- swiller noun
- unswilled adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of swill1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of swill1
Example Sentences
Go all the way back to meat packing or swill milk at the turn of the 20th century; go to the fight against big tobacco.
Also at the fanzone, Kelly Wood, 39, from North Shields, was wearing a plastic poncho and said she had been swilled with beer when the goals went in.
Perhaps it’s when things are at their most politically and socially dire that the general public becomes less content with the swill they’re being fed, and looks for something with a bit more substance.
She swills gin after returning home from her job at the post office, swoons moodily to “Moon River†on the radio and wonders how it all went wrong.
Today, we publish swill because we cannot get anything better – lest we risk going to prison.
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When To Use
Swill commonly refers to writing, talk, or some other kind of content that’s considered to be pointless, worthless, or to have no value.This figurative sense of the word is used to criticize such things and is based on the original, literal meaning of swill: liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen waste fed to pigs.A close synonym for both of these senses of swill is hogwash.Swill is also commonly used to refer to a drink that’s considered disgusting or of poor quality, such as a cheap beer.More generally, it can refer to any garbage, especially liquid or semiliquid food waste. A close synonym for this sense of swill is slop.Swill can also be used as a verb meaning to drink excessively or too quickly—perhaps like a pig at a trough. A close synonym is guzzle.Example: I can’t believe they print this swill, and I can’t believe people pay to read it!
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