swill

swill

 (swĭl)

v. swilled, swill·ing, swills

v.tr.

1.

a. To drink greedily or grossly: "Unshaven horsemen swill the great wines of the Chateaux" (W.H. Auden).

b. To follow the ingestion of (food, for example) with the ingestion of a liquid: swilled down the pretzels with soda.

2.

a. To flood with water, as for washing or rinsing: swilled out the glass.

b. To swirl (a liquid) around in a container or in one's mouth: swilled the wine in the glass before sniffing.

3. To feed (animals) with swill.

v.intr.

To drink greedily or to excess.

n.

1. A mixture of liquid and solid food, such as table scraps, fed to animals, especially pigs; slop.

2. Liquor or other alcohol of poor quality: I won't drink this swill.

3. A swig or gulp of a drink.

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[Middle English swilen, to wash out, from Old English swilian; see swel- in Indo-European roots.]

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swill′er n.

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swill

(swɪl)

vb

1. to drink large quantities of (liquid, esp alcoholic drink); guzzle

2. chiefly (often foll by: out) Brit to drench or rinse in large amounts of water

3. (Agriculture) (tr) to feed swill to (pigs, etc)

n

4. (Agriculture) wet feed, esp for pigs, consisting of kitchen waste, skimmed milk, etc

5. garbage or refuse, esp from a kitchen

6. (Brewing) a deep draught of drink, esp beer

7. any liquid mess

8. the act of swilling

[Old English swilian to wash out]

ˈswiller n

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swill

(swɪl)

n.

1. liquid or partly liquid food for animals, esp. kitchen refuse given to swine.

2. kitchen refuse; garbage.

3. any liquid mess or refuse; slop.

4. a deep draught of liquor.

v.i.

5. to drink greedily.

v.t.

6. to drink greedily or to excess.

7. to feed (animals) with swill.

[before 900; Old English swilian, swillan]

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swill

Past participle: swilled
Gerund: swilling

Imperative

swill

swill

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swill - wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk pigswill, pigwash, slop, slops feed, provender - food for domestic livestock
Verb	1.	swill - feed pigs slop feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
	2.	swill - drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink) swill down drink, imbibe - take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"

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swill

verb

1. drink, gulp, swig (informal), guzzle, neck (slang), drain, consume, swallow, hoover (informal), imbibe, quaff, bevvy (dialect), toss off, bend the elbow (informal), pour down your gullet A crowd of men were standing around swilling beer.

2. (Chiefly Brit.) (often with out) rinse, wash out, sluice, flush, drench, clean out, wash down He swilled out the mug and left it on the draining board.

noun

1. waste, slops, mash, mush, hogwash, pigswill, scourings The porker ate swill from a trough.

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swill

verb

To swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts:

bolt, down, englut, engorge, gobble, gulp, guzzle, ingurgitate, wolf.

noun

An act of drinking or the amount swallowed:

draft, drink, potation, pull, quaff, sip, sup.

Informal: swig.

Slang: belt.

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Translations

طَعام خَنازيرغَسْلَه، شَطْفَهيَتَدَفَّق

řinout sešlichtavypláchnutí

skvulpeskylsvinefoder

SchweinefutterSpülen

laver à grande eaurincage

lötyögmosléköblögetés

skolunskvettavatnsblandaîar matarleifar

lavarelavaturapastonerisciacquaresbevazzare

cūkēdienslopu dziraskalošanaskalotskaloties

grisefôrspyle

vypláchnutie

ak makbol su ile yıkamasulu domuz yemiyal

沿着...流泔脚饲料涮猪食环绕着...流

swill

[swɪl]

A. N

1. (= food for pigs) → comida f para los cerdos; (= revolting food, drink) → bazofia f, basura f
how can you drink this swill? → ¿cómo te es posible beber esta basura?

2. (= wash) to give sth a swill (out) → limpiar algo con agua

3. (= swallow, draught) he took a swill from the bottle → echó or dio un trago de la botella

B. VT

1. (= clean) (also swill out) → lavar, limpiar con agua

2. (= drink) [+ beer] → beber a tragos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

swill

[ˈswɪl]

vt

(= rinse) [+ glass, mug] → passer sous l'eau

(= drink a lot of) [+ beer] → écluser

n (= pigswill) → pâtée f

swill around

vt sep [+ liquid] → faire tourner
She swilled the whisky around in her glass → Elle fit tourner le whisky dans son verre.

vi [liquid] → remuer

swill out

vt sep → laver à grande eau

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

swill

n

(= animal food) → (Schweine)futter nt; (= garbage, slops, solid) → Abfälle pl; (liquid) → Schmutzwasser nt; (fig pej) → (Schweine)fraß m (inf); (liquid) → Abwaschwasser nt

(= cleaning) to give something a swill (out/down) = swill VT a

vt

(esp Brit: also swill out) → auswaschen; cup, dish → ausschwenken; to swill something down → etw abspülen; floor → etw waschen

(inf) beer etc → kippen (inf); he swilled it down with beer → er hat es mit Bier runtergespült (inf)

to swill something round → etw (herum)schwenken

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

swill

[swɪl]

1. n (also) (pej) → broda

2. vt

a. (clean) (also swill out) → risciacquare

b. (fam) (drink, beer) → tracannare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

swill

(swil) verb

to (cause to) flow around. Water was swilling around in the bottom of the boat. vloei, spoel يَتَدَفَّق прииждам balançar řinout se spülen skvulpe κυλώ πέρα δώθε (για υγρό) regar, baldear; enjuagar (maha) loksuma, läigatama آب كشي كردن läiskyä laver à grande eau לִשטוֹף पानी से साफ करना oplahnuti öblít; lötyög berpusar skvetta(st) (um) (scorrere) 流れる 범람하다 teliūskuoti skalot; skaloties menyimbah spoelenskylle, spyle chlapać اوبه ایستل chocalhar a sorbi cu lăcomie плескаться rinúť sa pljuskati ispirati skölja, spola ใช้น้ำล้าง akmak 沿(環繞)著...流 обмивати پانی کا بہنا chảy, đổ 沿（环绕）着...流

noun

1. a rinse. He brushed his teeth and then gave his mouth a swill. spoel غَسْلَه، شَطْفَه изплакване lavagem vypláchnutí das Spülen skyl ξέβγαλμαenjuague; lavada loputamine آب كشي huuhtelu rinçage לִשטוֹף प्रक्षालन ispiranje öblögetés kumur skolun risciacquata すすぎ 행굼 skalauti skalošana bilasan spoelingskylling, vaskpłukanie اوبه ایتسل lavagem lături полоскание vypláchnutie izplakovanje ispiranje sköljning น้ำยาบ้วนปาก bol su ile yıkama 涮 полоскання پانی سے دھونا sự rửa, sự cọ, sự súc 涮

2. (also ˈpigswill) semi-liquid food given to pigs. varkkos طَعام خَنازير помия lavagem šlichta das Schweinefutter svinefoder πολτώδης χοιροτροφή bazofia rokk آشغال غذا sianruoka pâtée שְׁאֵרִיוֹת מָזוֹן וּנוֹזלִים הַנִיתָנִים לְחֲזִירִים सूअरों का पतला खाना napoj, pomije moslék makanan babi vatnsblandaðar matarleifar broda 残飯 돼지죽 jovalas lopu dzira; cūkēdiens makanan babi` varkensdraf grisefôrpomyje د ډوډوي غورځوني سطل lavagem пойло pomyje pomije splačine skulor เศษอาหารเลี้ยงหมู sulu domuz yemi, yal 養豬用的殘食 пійло, помиї سؤروں کو دیا جانے والا نیم سیال کھانا nước vo gạo 猪食，泔脚饲料

swill out

to rinse. She swilled her mouth out with fresh water. spoel يَشْطُف изплаквам lavar vypláchnout ausspülen skylle ξεπλένωenjuagar loputama آب كشيدن huuhdella rincer לִשטוֹף साफ करना isprati, ispirati kiöblít berkumur skola sciacquare すすぐ 행구다 išskalauti izskalot membilas spoelenskylle ut, spylepłukać اوبه ایتسل lavar ополаскивать vypláchnuť izpirati isprati skölja [ur] ล้างออก bol su ile yıkamak 沖洗 полоскати پانی سے صاف کرنا súc, dội, rửa, giũ 冲洗

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