4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swill \Swill\, v. i.
To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swill \Swill\, n.
1. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine;
hogwash; -- called also {swillings}.
2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive
quantities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and
jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and
wasteful ocean. --Shak.
2. [Properly, to drink like a pig. See {Swill}, n.] To drink
in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring
sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and
cider. --Smollett.
3. To inebriate; to fill with drink.
I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled
insolence Of such late wassailers. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
swill
n : wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen
waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk [syn: {slop},
{slops}, {pigswill}, {pigwash}]
v 1: feed pigs [syn: {slop}]
2: drink large quantities of (liquid, esp. alcoholic drink);
guzzle [syn: {swill down}]
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