Synonyms for swill

Grammar : Noun

Spell : swil

Phonetic Transcription : swɪl

Top 10 synonyms for swill

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Définition of swill

Origin : Old English swilian, swillan "to wash, gargle," with no certain cognates, but probably from Proto-Germanic *sweljanan, related to the root of swallow (v.). Meaning "drink greedily" is from 1530s. Related: Swilled; swilling.

noun garbage
noun nasty liquid

Example sentences :

I'd as soon think of telling the Pope of Rome to empty a pail of swill as I would him.
Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Jones, annoyed at the swill tossed about, had turned from him.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

One day I cooked a squash, putting the parings in a swill pail.
Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various

The bread I was able to eat, but could not contrive to drink the swill.
Extract from : « My Ten Years' Imprisonment » by Silvio Pellico

“Finish your swill, and then we can talk,” said Rawley, carelessly.
Extract from : « Northern Lights » by Gilbert Parker

They water their horses, and then swill their faces in the dregs.
Extract from : « South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) » by Louis Creswicke

And that swill the Chinaman cooked at dinner-time—what about that?
Extract from : « "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea » by Morgan Robertson

What, you wish to get into my house to gormandise and swill at my expense.
Extract from : « The Pacha of Many Tales » by Frederick Marryat

He does not breathe the tainted air rising from the swill in the door-yard.
Extract from : « Red Men and White » by Owen Wister

That's absurd, for you can feed a cow on swill and still get fourteen per cent.
Extract from : « Beautiful Joe » by Marshall Saunders

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