swill

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /swɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

swill (plural swills)

1. a mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose
2. any disgusting or distasteful liquid

   I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill.

3. anything disgusting or worthless

   This new tv show is a worthless load of swill.

4. a large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow

   He took a swill of his drink and tried to think of words.

5. (Ultimate Frisbee) A badly-thrown pass
6. Inexpensive beer

Translations

a mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose

Czech: pomeje (cs) pl. Dutch: slobber (nl) m. French: soupe (fr) Macedonian: помија (mk) (pómija) f. Portuguese: (Brazil): lavagem

Russian: помои Spanish: tichate (es) m.

any disgusting or distasteful liquid

Macedonian: помија (mk) (pómija) f.

Russian: помои

anything disgusting or worthless

a large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow

Verb

swill (third-person singular simple present swills, present participle swilling, simple past and past participle swilled)

1. to eat or drink greedily or to excess
2. to wash something by flooding with water

Anagrams

• wills, Wills