swill

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

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

Translations

spülen

Schweinefutter

risciacquare

enjuagar

bazofia

yal

lavagem

Gesöff

afspoelen

spoelen

eaux grasses

desperdicios

bespülen

Blödsinn

Unsinn

Pronounced as (IPA)

/swɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: swilen

Inherited from Old English: 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.