Swill

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swill \Swill\, v. i.
     To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. --South.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Swill \Swill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Swilling}.] [OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian.]
     1. To wash; to drench. [Obs.]
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              As fearfully as doth a galled rock
              O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
              Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. --Shak.
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     2. [Properly, to drink like a pig. See {Swill}, n.] To drink
        in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
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              Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring
              sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and
              cider.                                --Smollett.
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     3. To inebriate; to fill with drink.
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              I should be loth
              To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence
              Of such late wassailers.              --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swill \Swill\, n.
     1. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine;
        hogwash; -- called also {swillings}.
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     2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive
        quantities.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  swill
       n : wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen
           waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk [syn: {slop},
            {slops}, {pigswill}, {pigwash}]
       v 1: feed pigs [syn: {slop}]
       2: drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic
          drink) [syn: {swill down}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  179 Moby Thesaurus words for "swill":
     barley, beverage, bib, bilge, bilgewater, bird seed, bones, booze,
     bran, bumper, carrion, cat food, chaff, chicken feed, chop, chug,
     chug-a-lug, clay, corn, crap, culm, deadwood, debris, devour,
     dishwater, ditchwater, dog food, draff, draft, drag, drain,
     drain the cup, dram, dregs, drench, drink, drink in, drink off,
     drink to, drink up, drop, dust, eat, eatage, engorge, engulf,
     ensilage, feed, filings, fodder, forage, garbage, gargle, gash,
     gobble, grain, gulp, gulp down, gumbo, guzzle, hay, hogwash, husks,
     imbibe, ingest, ingurgitate, jigger, jolt, junk, knock back,
     knock off, lap, leavings, lees, libation, liquor, liquor up,
     litter, lush, mash, meal, mire, muck, mud, nip, nonsense, oats,
     offal, offscourings, ooze, orts, parings, pasturage, pasture, peg,
     pet food, pledge, polish off, portion, potation, potion, potsherds,
     provender, pull, punish, put away, put down, quaff, rags,
     raise the elbow, raspings, refuse, riffraff, rot, round,
     round of drinks, rubbish, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scratch,
     scratch feed, scum, scurf, sewage, sewerage, shards, shavings,
     shift, shot, silage, sip, slack, slag, slime, slip, slob, slop,
     slops, slosh, slough, sludge, slurp, slush, snifter, snort, soak,
     souse, spot, squash, straw, stubble, suck, suck in, suckle, sup,
     swallow, sweepings, swig, swill down, tank up, tares, throw down,
     tipple, toast, tope, toss down, toss off, tot, trash, wash down,
     wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds, wet, wheat,
     wolf down