swill

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (collective, countable, uncountable) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.
3. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Anything disgusting or worthless.
4. (countable, informal, uncountable) A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.
5. (countable, informal, uncountable) Inexpensive beer or alcohol.
6. (countable, uncountable) A badly-thrown pass.

Verb

1. (transitive) To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess.
2. (transitive) To wash (something) by flooding with water.
3. (transitive) To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion.
4. (intransitive) To move around or over a surface.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To inebriate; to fill with drink.
6. (transitive) To feed swill to (pigs).

Conceptes

gasòfia

desficaci

disbarat

despropòsit

Sinònims

slop

guzzle

rinse

gulp

slops

pigswill

swill down

pigwash

mash

drink

🥤

wash out

feed

rack up

riot

scour

sewage

soak

stagnant water

trash

wash

🧽

washing

drink to excess

pig-swill

waste

large drink

wash with water

ablution

drink greedily

booze

carry

dirty

dishwater

draff

fuel

garbage

🗑️

hogwash

nonsense

nourish

quaff

Traduccions

spülen

risciacquare

bazofia

enjuagar

Schweinefutter

yal

desperdicios

lavagem

Gesöff

afspoelen

eaux grasses

spoelen

πίνω απληστώς

δημοκοπία

Quatsch

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/swɪl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: swilen

Heretat de anglès antic: swillan

In summary

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.