About The Word Swill
Learn about the word Swill to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Swill definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Swill
| 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. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Rhynchoelaps australis ‐ small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white…
- Mantilla ‐ short cape worn by women [n] a woman's silk or…
- Varicolored ‐ having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;…
- Pleasingness ‐ a likeable beauty; "the liveliness and pleasingness of dark eyes"-…
- Whitsun ‐ Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially…
- Little lord fauntleroy ‐ an excessively polite and…
- Aortic stenosis ‐ abnormal narrowing of the…
- Capital of laos ‐ the capital and largest…
- Bladder disorder ‐ a disorder of the…
- Dive brake ‐ a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of…