Swill
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /swɪl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Swill is a noun meaning (collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
Meaning
(collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
More Meanings
- (by extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.
- (by extension, figurative) Anything disgusting or worthless.
- (informal) A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.
- (informal) Inexpensive beer or alcohol.
- (ultimate frisbee) A badly-thrown pass.
- (transitive) To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess.
- (transitive) To wash (something) by flooding with water.
Example Sentences
This new TV show is a worthless load of swill.
I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill.
He took a swill of his drink and tried to think of words.
Kesh's assistant, Wilma, wants to surprise Kesh with some bootlegged swill from Kadara.
Word Forms
- swills
- swilling
- swilled
Synonyms for swill
Depending on context, synonyms include hogwash, slops, pigswill, swig, slop, pigwash.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pigswill, pigwash, slop, slops, pail, rat.
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