swill
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swill
- /swɪl/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
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.
noun swills
- A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
- Any disgusting or distasteful liquid. I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill.
- Anything disgusting or worthless. This new TV show is a worthless load of swill.
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A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.
He took a swill of his drink and tried to think of words.
Similar: swig
- Inexpensive beer or alcohol. Kesh's assistant, Wilma, wants to surprise Kesh with some bootlegged swill from Kadara.
- A badly-thrown pass.
verb swills · swilling · swilled
- To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess. […] well-dressed people, of both sexes, […] devouring sliced beef, and swilling port, and punch, and cider […]
- To wash (something) by flooding with water. As fearfully as doth a galled rock / O’erhang and jutty his confounded base, / Swill’d with the wild and wasteful ocean.
- To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion. Jimmie looked lovingly at the flask, smelt it, and then, placing it next his ear, swilled it round to hear the splash of liquor.
- To move around or over a surface. […] before them, between the high banks of the Vaal, they saw only a world of brown water, streaked with white froth, hurling down upon them. It rose above the foot-board and swilled to the level of the seat.
- To inebriate; to fill with drink. […] I should be loath To meet the rudenesse, and swill’d insolence Of such late Wassailers;
- To feed swill to (pigs). “Carlia, have you swilled the pigs?”
Translations
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noun mixture of solid and liquid food scraps
| Español | tichate, bazofia |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 潲 shào, 泔水 gānshuǐ |
| Português | lavagem |
| Français | soupe |
| Deutsch | Futtersuppe, Spültrank, Sautrank, Schweinefutter |
| Italiano | pastone, intruglio, sbobba, avanzi, beverone |
| Ελληνικά | ξεπλύματα xeplýmata |
| Română | lături |
| Русский | помои pomoi, по́йло pójlo |
noun any disgusting or distasteful liquid
| Español | aguachirle |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Brühe, Gesöff, Jauche, Fusel |
| Italiano | brodaglia, sbobba, risciacquatura |
| Ελληνικά | ξέπλυμα xéplyma |
| Русский | помои pomoi |
noun anything disgusting or worthless
| Deutsch | Schund |
|---|---|
| Italiano | sbobba, intruglio, brodaglia, sciacquatura |
| Ελληνικά | ξέπλυμα xéplyma |
| Română | rahat |
noun large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow
| Deutsch | Zug, großer Schluck |
|---|---|
| Italiano | ingurgitata |
| Română | dușcă |
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