noun · countable / uncountable · rare

swill

swill · swills

помои

Brühe, Schweinefutter, Schund, Fusel

A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etcA mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.

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/swɪl/

» I swilled a whiskey and water.

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Meaning

6 senses

(collective, countable, uncountable)A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
Futtersuppe, Spültrank, Kaspel
помоиpomoi, по́йлоpójlo
wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.
I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill.
Brühe, Gesöff, Jauche
помоиpomoi
(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Anything disgusting or worthless.
This new TV show is a worthless load of swill.
Schund
(countable, informal, uncountable)A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.
He took a swill of his drink and tried to think of words.
Zug, großer Schluck
(countable, informal, uncountable)Inexpensive beer or alcohol.
(countable, uncountable)A badly-thrown pass.

Examples

4 sentences

I swilled a whiskey and water.
58mph · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Where did you buy this horrible swill?
ruГде ты купил это жуткое пойло? — marafon
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Even the finest fete becomes mere hogs swill.
Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Swill the teapot out with water.
sharris123 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps:

any disgusting or distasteful liquid:

anything disgusting or worthless:

large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow:

Origin

From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swilia

From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swilian (“to wash; wash down; swill; gargle”), from Proto-West Germanic *swilljan, from Proto-Germanic *swiljaną (“to gulp, swallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to drink, gulp, swallow”). Related to swallow.

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