Synonyms for swill
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : swil |
| Phonetic Transcription : swɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for swill Other synonyms for the word swill
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
- 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
Antonyms for swill
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