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Swill

Swill Meaning & Definition
Swill Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Swill?

[n] wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
[v] drink large quantities of (liquid, esp. alcoholic drink); guzzle
[v] feed pigs

Synonyms | Synonyms for Swill: pigswill | pigwash | slop | slop | slops | swill down

Related Terms | Find terms related to Swill:

See Also | drink | feed | feed | give | imbibe | provender

Swill In Webster's Dictionary

\Swill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swilling}.] [OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian.] 1. To wash; to drench. [Obs.] As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. --Shak. 2. [Properly, to drink like a pig. See {Swill}, n.] To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily. Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider. --Smollett. 3. To inebriate; to fill with drink. I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers. --Milton.
\Swill\, v. i. To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. --South.
\Swill\, n. 1. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also {swillings}. 2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.

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