swill
To drink greedily or to excessTo drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess.
» I swilled a whiskey and water.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess.
(transitive)To wash (something) by flooding with water.
(transitive)To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion.
(intransitive)To move around or over a surface.
(transitive)To feed swill to (pigs).
feed pigs
(obsolete, transitive)To inebriate; to fill with drink.
Examples
4 sentencesI swilled a whiskey and water.
Where did you buy this horrible swill?
ruГде ты купил это жуткое пойло? — marafon
Even the finest fete becomes mere hogs swill.
Swill the teapot out with water.
Origin
From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swiliaFrom 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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Forms
swills, swilling, swilled, swilledPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonyms- drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink):swill down
- feed pigs:slop
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle