'Swill' definitions:
Definition of 'swill'
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Definition of 'Swill'
From: 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.] [1913 Webster]
- As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Properly, to drink like a pig. See Swill, n.] To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily. [1913 Webster]
- Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider. --Smollett. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To inebriate; to fill with drink. [1913 Webster]
- I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swill'
From: GCIDE
- Swill \Swill\, v. i. To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swill'
From: GCIDE
- Swill \Swill\, n.
- 1. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'swill'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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