swill /ˈswɪl/
(vt.)涮,沖洗,痛飲(vi.)大口地喝,發激盪聲涮,沖洗,痛飲,泔水
Swill v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swilled p. pr. & vb. n. Swilling.]
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. 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.
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.
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swill
n : wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen
waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk [syn: slop,
slops, pigswill, pigwash]
v 1: feed pigs [syn: slop]
2: drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic
drink) [syn: swill down]