swill
1 of 2verb
ˈswil 
swilled; swilling; swills
transitive verb
1
: wash, drench
2
: to drink great drafts of : guzzle
swill beer
3
: to feed (an animal, such as a pig) with swill
intransitive verb
1
: to drink or eat freely, greedily, or to excess
2
: swash
swiller noun
swill
2 of 2noun
1
: something suggestive of slop or garbage : refuse
2
a
: a semiliquid food for animals (such as swine) composed of edible refuse mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
b
: garbage
Synonyms
Verb
- gorge
- gormandize
- overeat
- pig out
Noun
- belt
- draft
- drag
- drink
- gulp
- nip
- quaff
- shot
- sip
- slug
- snort
- sup
- swallow
- swig
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Example Sentences
Verb She watched the water swill around in the bucket. He swilled the water around in the pot. He swilled the floor with buckets of water. Noun took his daily swill of the foul-tasting medicine I don't know what's in this swill, but I know that I'm not eating it.
Recent Examples on the Web
Nadifa Mohamed, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 Benny joins a troupe of Neil Gaiman-esque outcasts who swill vodka, shoot heroin and revere the words of the philosopher Walter Benjamin. Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021 Soccer, at its rarefied heights, is awash with it: broadcasting deals and sponsorship agreements and corporate entertainment, all of it swilling through leagues and clubs, into the hands of players and executives and agents. Rory Smith, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2020 There’s even a full-page drawing of a cherubic Bacchus swilling wine from a bottle while peeing. Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2020 To Western brewers who've tied their ambitious growth strategies to the beer-swilling habits of the Chinese, the costs are beginning to come into focus. Adrian Croft, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2020 The 4th-century philosopher Hypatia, a stardust milkshake-swilling burnout who now goes by Patty (guest star Lisa Kudrow), warned them that their brains would eventually turn to mush, like hers. Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020 No Time To Die disappointed some fans when it was announced that, despite rumors, for the 25th time, 007 would be played by a male actor (Daniel Craig, in his fifth go-round as the vodka-swilling MI6 agent). Jenny Singer, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2020 The beer-swilling rapper’s looks have a uniquely boisterous yeehaw quality: think Nudie suits in every color of the rainbow, complete with floss-thin bolo ties. Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2019 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2022 One of them is the nightly swill served up on Fox News. Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 Quickly forget any bottle outside of this narrow range—anything cheaper is non-potable swill; anything more expensive, and the wine is too nice ever to drink. Nate Odenkirk, The New Yorker, 6 May 2022 Orlando City swill feature a mix of veteran and new players with Mauricio Pereyra leading as captain, a role he was officially given earlier this week. Mike Gramajo, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Feb. 2022 We were forced to use 40 yuan to buy fast-food which was just like swill. Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2021 One of the mocktails is called a Cape Canaveral Caprese and forces you to stir your cocktail with a Caprese salad and then eat the tomato, basil, and ball of cheese while sipping on some wheatgrass swill. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2021 Before Morra’s marketing savvy, which put truffles on the radar of every chef and gourmand globally, the truffle was most recently seen as swill by many farmers, says executive chef Paolo Lavezzini of the Four Seasons Hotel Firenze. Tyler Zielinski, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Nov. 2021 It’s like nothing happened; no animals were starved or tormented or left to survive on maggots and snails and swill. Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021 See More
Verb
Gurnah seems to swill the word in his mouth before spitting it out. Nadifa Mohamed, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 Benny joins a troupe of Neil Gaiman-esque outcasts who swill vodka, shoot heroin and revere the words of the philosopher Walter Benjamin. Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021 Soccer, at its rarefied heights, is awash with it: broadcasting deals and sponsorship agreements and corporate entertainment, all of it swilling through leagues and clubs, into the hands of players and executives and agents. Rory Smith, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2020 There’s even a full-page drawing of a cherubic Bacchus swilling wine from a bottle while peeing. Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2020 To Western brewers who've tied their ambitious growth strategies to the beer-swilling habits of the Chinese, the costs are beginning to come into focus. Adrian Croft, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2020 The 4th-century philosopher Hypatia, a stardust milkshake-swilling burnout who now goes by Patty (guest star Lisa Kudrow), warned them that their brains would eventually turn to mush, like hers. Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020 No Time To Die disappointed some fans when it was announced that, despite rumors, for the 25th time, 007 would be played by a male actor (Daniel Craig, in his fifth go-round as the vodka-swilling MI6 agent). Jenny Singer, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2020 The beer-swilling rapper’s looks have a uniquely boisterous yeehaw quality: think Nudie suits in every color of the rainbow, complete with floss-thin bolo ties. Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2019 Noun
In modern times, retsina has gotten a bad rap as cheap swill with overpowering notes of turpentine and paint thinner. Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2022 One of them is the nightly swill served up on Fox News. Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 Quickly forget any bottle outside of this narrow range—anything cheaper is non-potable swill; anything more expensive, and the wine is too nice ever to drink. Nate Odenkirk, The New Yorker, 6 May 2022 Orlando City swill feature a mix of veteran and new players with Mauricio Pereyra leading as captain, a role he was officially given earlier this week. Mike Gramajo, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Feb. 2022 We were forced to use 40 yuan to buy fast-food which was just like swill. Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2021 One of the mocktails is called a Cape Canaveral Caprese and forces you to stir your cocktail with a Caprese salad and then eat the tomato, basil, and ball of cheese while sipping on some wheatgrass swill. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2021 Before Morra’s marketing savvy, which put truffles on the radar of every chef and gourmand globally, the truffle was most recently seen as swill by many farmers, says executive chef Paolo Lavezzini of the Four Seasons Hotel Firenze. Tyler Zielinski, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Nov. 2021 It’s like nothing happened; no animals were starved or tormented or left to survive on maggots and snails and swill. Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English swilen, from Old English swillan
First Known Use
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun
1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
swill 1 of 2
verb
ˈswil
swilled; swilling
: to eat or drink greedily
swill
2 of 2noun
1
: slop entry 1 sense 2
2
: garbage sense 1, refuse
swillers
noun
as in pigs
one who eats greedily or too much after the swinish swiller had finally had his fill, he belched loudly Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pigs
- hogs
- hog
- gluttons
- cormorants
- overeaters
- feasters
- stuffers
- guzzlers
- gorgers
- gormandizers
- gourmands
- munchers
- trenchermen
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pickers
- nibblers
- dieters