Thesaurus: swill

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1. v. t. To wash; to drench.
2. n. To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
3. n. To inebriate; to fill with drink.
4. v. i. To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess.
5. n. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings.
6. n. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.
7. n. wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
8. v. feed pigs
9. v. drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
10. 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. Etym: [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. To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. South. 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.
11. To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, andswilling pork, and punch, and cider. Smollett.
12. n:36/v:64 v. drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)