[syn: swill, swill down]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Swill \Swill\, n.
1. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine;
hogwash; -- called also swillings.
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2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive
quantities.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. --Shak.
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2. [Properly, to drink like a pig. See Swill, n.] To drink
in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
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Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring
sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and
cider. --Smollett.
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3. To inebriate; to fill with drink.
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I should be loth
To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence
Of such late wassailers. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Swill \Swill\, v. i.
To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. --South.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
swill
n 1: wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen
waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk [syn:
slop, slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash]
v 1: feed pigs [syn: slop, swill]
2: drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic
drink) [syn: swill, swill down]