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Definition of swill in English: swillverb swɪlswɪl [with object]1British Wash or rinse out (an area or container) by pouring large amounts of water or other liquid over or into it. Example sentencesExamples - She had finished swilling out her mouth with clean water
- He preferred to spend his day swilling out the changing rooms in the leisure centre
- Once a week I swilled out the stable with disinfectant which kept everything really fresh
- All the waste fell into an ashpit which was filled with ashes from the housefires and the whole thing emptied and swilled down once a fortnight.
- She scraped her untouched food into a black plastic rubbish sack and swilled the plate in a bowl of cold water in the sink.
- You want a van with wooden seats you can swill down at the end of the night.
- Add the tinned tomatoes and swill out the tin with some stock or water
- Shop keepers are telling me they are having to swill their doorways down in the morning.
Synonyms wash, sluice, clean out, flush, rinse, bathe, cleanse, drench - 1.1 Cause (liquid) to swirl round in a container or cavity.
she gently swilled her brandy round her glass Example sentencesExamples - He took a sip from his glass and swilled the brandy around in his mouth
- The waiter pours a glass of cognac, lights it, swills the flaming liquid around the glass, then tips it out.
- A basic mouthwash such as Chlorhexidine is also good to swill around the chops every day - but spit it out, don't swallow.
- He was befuddled as he swilled the tea around in his mug
- He pored over this for a while, swilling the wine around the glass
- 1.2no object, with adverbial (of a liquid) move or splash about over a surface.
the icy water swilled round us Example sentencesExamples - It's time to retrace your steps to the Temple Bar: the pubs will soon be opening, the black vials of Guinness swilling over the bar and the fiddlers beginning to fiddle…
- There is concern about members of public going into the site, particularly if there is water swilling around it.
- The gush of brown water swilled round my bare feet on the deck
- A week's rainfall fell overnight, almost a normal month's total rained down over the week, and mountains of water came swilling down on Ilkley from the moors.
- The first of the giant tsunamis to hit the coast was then swilling over the statue.
- Water was now swilling about on the bottom of the boat almost to their knees
- For 10 days, they carried on with their lives while the polluted waters of the River Ouse swilled around the ground floor of the family's three-storey Victorian home in Friar Terrace in York.
- At the base of the waterfall all of the water swilled into a basin and then formed a river.
2informal Drink (something) greedily or in large quantities. they whiled away their evening swilling pints of bitter Example sentencesExamples - At sunset, everyone returns to the porch to swill rum punch and wait for the bats to swoop down.
- I can swill down a bit of red wine to be sociable, but that's about it.
- He swills beer, smokes the odd fag or two and is perhaps ever so slightly overweight.
- Swinging voters will see it as a sign that he has escaped from the clutches of the Chardonnay swilling elites.
- You had a cushy job; you spent your summers swilling wine on Martha's Vineyard.
- The blind taste test showed that she preferred swilling the budget brand, too.
- So you think you're going to sit in front of the TV watching Sport and swilling beer on a Saturday after a hard week at the office, do you?
- He shook his head after swilling another synthetic beer.
- Then again, perhaps we were just a bunch of Chardonnay (Cabernet Merlot, actually) swilling elitists totally out of touch with middle Australia.
- At yesterday's office party, after swilling several glasses of wine, I met our executive director at last.
- He fights, he sweats, he swills ale, he bullies.
- In groups they can poison the atmosphere of an entire pub in seconds, swilling ale, braying, tormenting the barmaid, spilling ale and lumbering against bystanders.
- I worked it over, and couldn't avoid the conclusion that Jeff spent every evening swilling bourbon on my couch because I was his only friend.
- I didn't want to have to swill vodka before 8 a.m.
- But within a couple of years everyone was meeting one another at Timmy's and swilling their coffee.
- From his first scene, he's swilling liquor and dispensing snide remarks with such regularity that he's obviously evil.
- There can be found a different class of drunk, swilling back copious amounts of G and T or champagne and stuffing their faces with complimentary food.
- So when the tie slips off and the shades go on, what will you be swilling this summer?
- It was reported in the press that he had turned up late, worn inappropriate dress and encouraged his mates to swill champagne from the trophy.
- Even I eventually got sick of hearing about characters swilling whisky and driving at the same time.
Synonyms drink, quaff, swallow, down, gulp down, drain, guzzle, imbibe, sup, slurp, consume informal swig, swill (down), slug, knock back, knock off, toss off, put away, get one's laughing gear round, bend one's elbow British informal neck North American informal chug, scarf down - 2.1 Accompany (food) with large quantities of drink.
a feast swilled down with pints of cider Example sentencesExamples - After the movie he would have a meal of rice, pasta or fish swilled down with Gaelic Coffee.
- ‘This is awfully thoughtful of you,’ I said to the girl dispensing the pills as I swilled down a handful.
- Many of us are chomping mainly on fatty sandwiches, pasties, pastries, cakes, buns and salty savoury snacks swilled down with tea and coffee while tapping away at the keyboard.
- The injury caused him to pop painkillers and swill them down with hard liquor
- Traditional Thai food was swilled down with a never-ending supply of cola and followed by ice cream.
- This appalling litter problem is mainly caused by the unpleasant habit of so many people now who eat their meals in the street, swill them down with a can of drink and then finish off with the inevitable cigarette.
noun swɪlswɪl 1mass noun Kitchen refuse and scraps of waste food mixed with water for feeding to pigs. Example sentencesExamples - The report also recommended the government continue the ban on feeding animals swill containing meat catering waste.
- Most of its kitchens did not provide swill because it was too much trouble to separate suitable food from other waste.
- Most are fed on heat-treated swill, which is not the norm for pig farming in Britain.
- But the use of catering waste as swill continued.
- Last time it was caused by infected feed and the two main forms of transportation are pig to pig contact or inadequately cooked swill.
- Government yesterday also placed an immediate ban on swill (kitchen refuse) bought from ships after it was established that the disease was carried in pig feed.
- The group said it believed that cheap foreign meat was likely to have been fed to pigs in swill.
- We buy meat in from all over the place and anybody can bring anything in and we feed swill to pigs, swill which is basically left overs.
- The Government had already clamped down on swill, the most likely route by which the disease had got into the country.
- Called swill or slop, this waste is used to feed pigs and other animals by farmers who were happy to get the cheap food.
- Leftover ham from the meals was sold for swill for British pigs.
- The UK has fewer than 140 licensed swill feeders, accounting for just 1.6% of pig production.
Synonyms pigswill, hogwash, pigwash, wash, mash slops, scraps, refuse, scourings, leftovers, waste matter, waste, remains, detritus - 1.1informal Alcohol of inferior quality.
the beer was just warm swill Example sentencesExamples - Always compliment her favorite wine, no matter what cheap swill she likes, and you are well on your way to exchanging phone numbers by the end of the night.
- All they are guilty of trying to do is make wine taste a little better than the eye-watering, gout-inducing swill that it usually is.
- Then it has to persuade some of the millions still drinking the swill sold at most convenience stores and gas stations to trade up.
- These bottles bear witness to the multitude who tried to take advantage of the distinctive flask to flog off their own less-than-distinctive swill.
- Pour half a cup of whatever undrinkable swill you've got left plus half a cup of water into a zip-lock bag.
- Good Bourbon, not the bootleg swill she used to hustle at the Eagle.
- Some can produce individual wines of the highest quality, and they rarely produce undrinkable swill.
2informal A large mouthful of a drink. Example sentencesExamples - Ignoring his wife's concern, he took a large swill of the drink and savored the malted barley on his bitter tongue.
- They both then paused, an awkward moment stepping into their time as they took a small swill from their drinks.
- After taking deep swills of brandy from his flask, they shook hands and were off.
- The man raised his mug and took a deep gulp of the swill.
- Gulping the drink down in one swill, I gagged as I was rudely reminded this particular glass of Coke had been injected with bourbon.
- She wished she could take off her heavy bag, but the others didn't, so she took a swill of her drink bottle and pressed on.
- Criminals simply drove them off the home-owner's drives while the motorist was having a last swill of coffee.
Synonyms gulp, drink, swallow, draught, mouthful informal swig, slug
Derivatives noun ˈswɪləˈswɪlər usually in combination beer-swillers Example sentencesExamples - The usual inhabitants are only foreign beer swillers and local bar girls.
- It seems that our island castle has more than a few educated swillers from nearby colleges and universities.
- Like a seasoned swiller's gut, the International Beer Festival keeps on growing.
- And focus groups indicated that ale swillers were willing to give plastic a try.
- Although, I've been warned that the majority of the 12 lads are not big swillers (US: drinkers), I've met a couple of them before who do like a drop.
- This is music for smart, sexy, cosmopolitan adults, not caramel latte swillers.
Origin Old English swillan, swilian (verb), of unknown origin. The noun dates from the mid 16th century. Rhymes bill, Brazil, brill, Camille, chill, cookchill, dill, distil (US distill), downhill, drill, Edgehill, Estoril, fill, freewill, frill, fulfil (US fulfill), Gill, goodwill, grill, grille, hill, ill, instil, kill, krill, mil, mill, nil, Phil, pill, quadrille, quill, rill, Seville, shill, shrill, sill, skill, spadille, spill, squill, still, stock-still, thill, thrill, till, trill, twill, until, uphill, will Definition of swill in US English: swillverbswɪlswil 1British with object Wash or rinse out (an area or container) by pouring large amounts of water or other liquid over or into it. Example sentencesExamples - All the waste fell into an ashpit which was filled with ashes from the housefires and the whole thing emptied and swilled down once a fortnight.
- Shop keepers are telling me they are having to swill their doorways down in the morning.
- Once a week I swilled out the stable with disinfectant which kept everything really fresh
- She had finished swilling out her mouth with clean water
- He preferred to spend his day swilling out the changing rooms in the leisure centre
- Add the tinned tomatoes and swill out the tin with some stock or water
- You want a van with wooden seats you can swill down at the end of the night.
- She scraped her untouched food into a black plastic rubbish sack and swilled the plate in a bowl of cold water in the sink.
Synonyms wash, sluice, clean out, flush, rinse, bathe, cleanse, drench - 1.1 Cause (liquid) to swirl around in a container or cavity.
she gently swilled her brandy around her glass Example sentencesExamples - He pored over this for a while, swilling the wine around the glass
- The waiter pours a glass of cognac, lights it, swills the flaming liquid around the glass, then tips it out.
- A basic mouthwash such as Chlorhexidine is also good to swill around the chops every day - but spit it out, don't swallow.
- He was befuddled as he swilled the tea around in his mug
- He took a sip from his glass and swilled the brandy around in his mouth
- 1.2no object, with adverbial (of a liquid) move or splash about over a surface.
the icy water swilled around us Example sentencesExamples - The gush of brown water swilled round my bare feet on the deck
- At the base of the waterfall all of the water swilled into a basin and then formed a river.
- For 10 days, they carried on with their lives while the polluted waters of the River Ouse swilled around the ground floor of the family's three-storey Victorian home in Friar Terrace in York.
- There is concern about members of public going into the site, particularly if there is water swilling around it.
- The first of the giant tsunamis to hit the coast was then swilling over the statue.
- It's time to retrace your steps to the Temple Bar: the pubs will soon be opening, the black vials of Guinness swilling over the bar and the fiddlers beginning to fiddle…
- Water was now swilling about on the bottom of the boat almost to their knees
- A week's rainfall fell overnight, almost a normal month's total rained down over the week, and mountains of water came swilling down on Ilkley from the moors.
2informal with object Drink (something) greedily or in large quantities. they whiled away their evening swilling pints of beer Example sentencesExamples - In groups they can poison the atmosphere of an entire pub in seconds, swilling ale, braying, tormenting the barmaid, spilling ale and lumbering against bystanders.
- I can swill down a bit of red wine to be sociable, but that's about it.
- So when the tie slips off and the shades go on, what will you be swilling this summer?
- It was reported in the press that he had turned up late, worn inappropriate dress and encouraged his mates to swill champagne from the trophy.
- Even I eventually got sick of hearing about characters swilling whisky and driving at the same time.
- He swills beer, smokes the odd fag or two and is perhaps ever so slightly overweight.
- He fights, he sweats, he swills ale, he bullies.
- I didn't want to have to swill vodka before 8 a.m.
- The blind taste test showed that she preferred swilling the budget brand, too.
- At yesterday's office party, after swilling several glasses of wine, I met our executive director at last.
- At sunset, everyone returns to the porch to swill rum punch and wait for the bats to swoop down.
- I worked it over, and couldn't avoid the conclusion that Jeff spent every evening swilling bourbon on my couch because I was his only friend.
- You had a cushy job; you spent your summers swilling wine on Martha's Vineyard.
- But within a couple of years everyone was meeting one another at Timmy's and swilling their coffee.
- There can be found a different class of drunk, swilling back copious amounts of G and T or champagne and stuffing their faces with complimentary food.
- Then again, perhaps we were just a bunch of Chardonnay (Cabernet Merlot, actually) swilling elitists totally out of touch with middle Australia.
- From his first scene, he's swilling liquor and dispensing snide remarks with such regularity that he's obviously evil.
- So you think you're going to sit in front of the TV watching Sport and swilling beer on a Saturday after a hard week at the office, do you?
- He shook his head after swilling another synthetic beer.
- Swinging voters will see it as a sign that he has escaped from the clutches of the Chardonnay swilling elites.
Synonyms drink, quaff, swallow, down, gulp down, drain, guzzle, imbibe, sup, slurp, consume - 2.1 Accompany (food) with large quantities of drink.
a feast swilled down with pints of cider Example sentencesExamples - After the movie he would have a meal of rice, pasta or fish swilled down with Gaelic Coffee.
- ‘This is awfully thoughtful of you,’ I said to the girl dispensing the pills as I swilled down a handful.
- This appalling litter problem is mainly caused by the unpleasant habit of so many people now who eat their meals in the street, swill them down with a can of drink and then finish off with the inevitable cigarette.
- Many of us are chomping mainly on fatty sandwiches, pasties, pastries, cakes, buns and salty savoury snacks swilled down with tea and coffee while tapping away at the keyboard.
- Traditional Thai food was swilled down with a never-ending supply of cola and followed by ice cream.
- The injury caused him to pop painkillers and swill them down with hard liquor
nounswɪlswil 1Kitchen refuse and scraps of waste food mixed with water for feeding to pigs. Example sentencesExamples - Called swill or slop, this waste is used to feed pigs and other animals by farmers who were happy to get the cheap food.
- The UK has fewer than 140 licensed swill feeders, accounting for just 1.6% of pig production.
- Leftover ham from the meals was sold for swill for British pigs.
- The report also recommended the government continue the ban on feeding animals swill containing meat catering waste.
- Government yesterday also placed an immediate ban on swill (kitchen refuse) bought from ships after it was established that the disease was carried in pig feed.
- Most are fed on heat-treated swill, which is not the norm for pig farming in Britain.
- But the use of catering waste as swill continued.
- We buy meat in from all over the place and anybody can bring anything in and we feed swill to pigs, swill which is basically left overs.
- The Government had already clamped down on swill, the most likely route by which the disease had got into the country.
- Last time it was caused by infected feed and the two main forms of transportation are pig to pig contact or inadequately cooked swill.
- The group said it believed that cheap foreign meat was likely to have been fed to pigs in swill.
- Most of its kitchens did not provide swill because it was too much trouble to separate suitable food from other waste.
Synonyms pigswill, hogwash, pigwash, wash, mash - 1.1informal Alcohol of inferior quality.
the beer was just warm swill Example sentencesExamples - Then it has to persuade some of the millions still drinking the swill sold at most convenience stores and gas stations to trade up.
- All they are guilty of trying to do is make wine taste a little better than the eye-watering, gout-inducing swill that it usually is.
- Good Bourbon, not the bootleg swill she used to hustle at the Eagle.
- These bottles bear witness to the multitude who tried to take advantage of the distinctive flask to flog off their own less-than-distinctive swill.
- Always compliment her favorite wine, no matter what cheap swill she likes, and you are well on your way to exchanging phone numbers by the end of the night.
- Some can produce individual wines of the highest quality, and they rarely produce undrinkable swill.
- Pour half a cup of whatever undrinkable swill you've got left plus half a cup of water into a zip-lock bag.
2informal A large mouthful of a drink. Example sentencesExamples - She wished she could take off her heavy bag, but the others didn't, so she took a swill of her drink bottle and pressed on.
- The man raised his mug and took a deep gulp of the swill.
- Criminals simply drove them off the home-owner's drives while the motorist was having a last swill of coffee.
- Ignoring his wife's concern, he took a large swill of the drink and savored the malted barley on his bitter tongue.
- After taking deep swills of brandy from his flask, they shook hands and were off.
- Gulping the drink down in one swill, I gagged as I was rudely reminded this particular glass of Coke had been injected with bourbon.
- They both then paused, an awkward moment stepping into their time as they took a small swill from their drinks.
Synonyms gulp, drink, swallow, draught, mouthful
Origin Old English swillan, swilian (verb), of unknown origin. The noun dates from the mid 16th century. |