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Definitions for: Swill
[n] wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
[v] drink large quantities of (liquid, esp. alcoholic drink); guzzle
[v] feed pigs
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Swill, v. i.
To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. --South.
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.
Synonyms: pigswill, pigwash, slop, slop, slops, swill down
See Also: drink, feed, feed, give, imbibe, provender
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