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Dictionary: swill   (swĭl) pronunciation

v., swilled, swill·ing, swills.

v.tr.
  1. To drink greedily or grossly: "Unshaven horsemen swill the great wines of the Chateaux" (W.H. Auden).
  2. To flood with water, as for washing.
  3. To feed (animals) with swill.
v.intr.
To drink or eat greedily or to excess.

n.
  1. A mixture of liquid and solid food, such as table scraps, fed to animals, especially pigs; slop.
  2. Kitchen waste; garbage.
  3. A deep draft of liquor.
  4. Nonsense; rubbish.

[Middle English swilen, to wash out, from Old English swilian.]

swiller swill'er n.

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verb

    To swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts: bolt, down, englut, engorge, gobble, gulp, guzzle, ingurgitate, wolf. See ingestion.

noun

    An act of drinking or the amount swallowed: draft, drink, potation, pull, quaff, sip, sup. Informal swig. Slang belt. See mouth.

Cooked edible garbage fed to pigs.

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Swill has several uses:

  • Swill can refer to any cheap, usually poor-tasting beverage, especially beer or liquor of many kinds, or to food unfit for human consumption. This usage is likely derived from the term pig-swill, which is a generic term for waste products mixed together into pig feed. Pigs are notoriously indiscriminate in their eating habits.
  • Swill can also describe a not so cheap, delicious tasting beverage made with vodka, which is especially fit for human consumption, albeit in moderation. It also contains a mixture of Minute-Made Berry Punch, assorted fruits soaked over night in vodka, and rainbow sherbert, all combined in 10 gallon gatorade jugs. Swill is rumored to have originated from the Long Beach region of Long Island, New York.
  • Swill can refer to animal feed consisting of by-products, such as kitchen scraps or distiller's grains, mixed with water. In this sense, it is implied that the feeding is indiscriminate.
  • Swill is a fictional low-price mineral water popularized in 1977 by a spoof commercial starring then-Saturday Night Live cast member Bill Murray. Swill prided itself on being "the water that's dredged from Lake Erie." According to Murray's endorsement, Swill was the only thing that could "wash down a hearty meal...that tends to just lay in your stomach." The advertisement also featured footage of Swill employees bottling their product in the lake, and of Murray pouring the viscous, dirt-filled concoction over ice, telling us "...I like mine with a twist." A closeup at the end shows the bottle is a parody of the one used for Perrier.
  • The term pig swill has on occasion been used metaphorically to mean "nonsense".
  • Swill is a term for a poor throw in the game of ultimate.
  • Swill can refer to the act of quickly washing your face usually without soap and usually with cold water to refresh yourself, probably originating in the North West of England.
  • Swill can refer to the act of applying cosmetics in haste.
  • "Swill" can refer to any chemical filled tap water, polluted river or other "purified" drinking water.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tylle i sig, bælge, skylle
v. intr. - tylle i sig, bælge
n. - slurk, svineføde, affald, spild

Nederlands (Dutch)
zuipen, vloeibaar varkensvoer, afval

Français (French)
v. tr. - écluser, boire
v. intr. - boire à grandes gorgées, manger goulûment
n. - pâtée (des porcs), lavage

Deutsch (German)
v. - spülen
n. - Spülen, Schweinefutter

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεπλένω, ξεβγάζω, πίνω άπληστα
n. - ξέπλυμα, βαθιά ρουφηξιά, υγρή χοιροτροφή από αποπλύματα, οινοπνευματώδες ποτό (κακής ποιότητας)

Italiano (Italian)
trincare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - enxaguar
n. - lavagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
полоскание, помои, пьянство, полоскать, напиваться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - empinar el codo, lavar (con agua), inundar (con agua), beber a grandes tragos
v. intr. - emborracharse
n. - bazofia, tragantada

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skölja, spola, stjälpa i sig, supa
n. - svinmat, stor klunk, lankig sprit, supande, skräp (bildl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
大口喝, 用水冲洗, 牛饮, 洗涤, 大口地喝, 发激荡声, 涮, 痛饮, 冲洗

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 大口喝, 用水沖洗, 牛飲, 洗滌
v. intr. - 大口地喝, 發激蕩聲
n. - 涮, 痛飲, 沖洗

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 과음하다, (더러움을)씻어내다, 음식 찌끼를 넉넉히 주다
v. intr. - 꿀꺽꿀꺽 마시다, 허겁지겁 먹다
n. - 불쾌한 것, 통음 , 구정물

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 水を注いで洗う, がぶ飲みする, がぶがぶ飲む
n. - 洗い流し, がぶ飲み, 残飯, 暴飲

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشطف , يغسل , يطعم الخنازير , يتجرع (الاسم) قمامه , جرعه من شراب , طعام الخنازير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גמע, שטף‬
v. intr. - ‮גמע‬
n. - ‮שטיפה, פסולת-מזון, מאכל-חזירים, משקה אלכוהולי באיכות גרועה‬


 
 
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