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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.
SWILL meaning: 1. to cause a liquid to flow around or over something, often in order to clean it: 2. to drink…. Learn more.
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.
Swill is used to dismiss writing and other content (such as political rhetoric) that’s poorly done or just plain bad. The words hogwash, slop, garbage, and trash can all be used to mean the same thing. The same idea is behind calling a drink swill.
Definition of swill verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Swill Definition. To drink greedily or grossly. To drink, esp. liquor, in large quantities. To follow the ingestion of (food, for example) with the ingestion of a liquid. Swilled down the pretzels with soda. To flood with water so as to wash or rinse. To swirl (a liquid) around in a container or in one's mouth.
SWILL definition: 1. to clean something by making liquid move around it: 2. to quickly drink a large amount of…. Learn more.
Definitions of 'swill' 1. If you swill an alcoholic drink, you drink a lot of it. [...] 2. If a liquid swills around, or if you swill it around, it moves around the area that it is contained in. [...] 3. To swill out something means to clean it by pouring water over it. [mainly British] [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'swill'
1. liquid or partly liquid food for animals, esp. kitchen refuse given to swine. 2. kitchen refuse; garbage. 3. any liquid mess or refuse; slop. 4. a deep draught of liquor. v.i. 5. to drink greedily. v.t. 6. to drink greedily or to excess. 7. to feed (animals) with swill.
