swill

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

swill, v. t. [OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian.].

•  To wash; to drench.  [1913 Webster]

  "As fearfully as doth a galled rock
  O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
  Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean."  [1913 Webster]
•  To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.  [1913 Webster]

  "Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider."  [1913 Webster]
•  To inebriate; to fill with drink.  [1913 Webster]

  "I should be loth
  To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence
  Of such late wassailers."  [1913 Webster]

swill, v. i. 

 To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess.  South.  [1913 Webster]

swill, n. 

•  The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings.  [1913 Webster]
•  Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

swill, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. (often foll. by out) rinse or flush; pour water over or through.
2 tr. & intr. drink greedily.
--n.
1 an act of rinsing.
2 mainly liquid refuse as pig-food.
3 inferior liquor.

Derivative

swiller n.

Etymology

OE swillan, swilian, of unkn. orig.

THESAURUS

swill

barley, beverage, bib, bilge, bilgewater, bird seed, bones, booze, bran, bumper, carrion, cat food, chaff, chicken feed, chop, chug, chug-a-lug, clay, corn, crap, culm, deadwood, debris, devour, dishwater, ditchwater, dog food, draff, draft, drag, drain, drain the cup, dram, dregs, drench, drink, drink in, drink off, drink to, drink up, drop, dust, eat, eatage, engorge, engulf, ensilage, feed, filings, fodder, forage, garbage, gargle, gash, gobble, grain, gulp, gulp down, gumbo, guzzle, hay, hogwash, husks, imbibe, ingest, ingurgitate, jigger, jolt, junk, knock back, knock off, lap, leavings, lees, libation, liquor, liquor up, litter, lush, mash, meal, mire, muck, mud, nip, nonsense, oats, offal, offscourings, ooze, orts, parings, pasturage, pasture, peg, pet food, pledge, polish off, portion, potation, potion, potsherds, provender, pull, punish, put away, put down, quaff, rags, raise the elbow, raspings, refuse, riffraff, rot, round, round of drinks, rubbish, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scratch, scratch feed, scum, scurf, sewage, sewerage, shards, shavings, shift, shot, silage, sip, slack, slag, slime, slip, slob, slop, slops, slosh, slough, sludge, slurp, slush, snifter, snort, soak, souse, spot, squash, straw, stubble, suck, suck in, suckle, sup, swallow, sweepings, swig, swill down, tank up, tares, throw down, tipple, toast, tope, toss down, toss off, tot, trash, wash down, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds, wet, wheat, wolf down

ROGET THESAURUS

swill

Drunkenness

VB get drunk, be drunk, see double, take a drop too much, take a glass too much, drink, tipple, tope, booze, bouse, guzzle, swill, soak, sot, bum, besot, have a jag on, have a buzz on, lush, bib, swig, carouse, sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus, take to drinking, drink hard, drink deep, drink like a fish, have one's swill, drain the cup, splice the main brace, take a hair of the dog that bit you, liquor, liquor up, wet one's whistle, take a whet, crack a bottle, pass the bottle, toss off, go to the alehouse, go to the public house, make one drunk, inebriate, fuddle, befuddle, fuzzle, get into one's head.

Intemperance

VB be intemperate, indulge, exceed, live well, live high, live high on the fat of the land, live it up, live high on the hog, give a loose to indulgence, wallow in voluptuousness, plunge into dissipation, revel, rake, live hard, run riot, sow one's wild oats, slake one's appetite, slake one's thirst, swill, pamper.

Food

N food, eating, deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination, gluttony, hippophagy, ichthyophagy, (appetite), mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob, chops, drinking, potation, draught, libation, carousal, drunkenness, food, pabulum, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sustentation, sustention, nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board, commissariat, prey, forage, pasture, pasturage, fare, cheer, diet, dietary, regimen, belly timber, staff of life, bread, bread and cheese, comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta, grub, grubstake, prog, meat, bread, bread stuffs, cerealia, cereals, viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots, festal board, ambrosia, good cheer, good living, beef, bisquit, bun, cornstarch, cookie, cooky, cracker, doughnut, fatling, hardtack, hoecake, hominy, mutton, pilot bread, pork, roti, rusk, ship biscuit, veal, joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled, remove, entremet, releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince, pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat, pie, pasty, volauvent, pudding, omelet, pastry, sweets, kickshaws, condiment, appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, main course, entree, alligator pear, apple, apple slump, artichoke, ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack, atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak, beet root, blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey, chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut, table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree, meal, repast, feed, spread, mess, dish, plate, course, regale, regalement, refreshment, entertainment, refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert, potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette, hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal, blowout, light refreshment, bara, chotahazri, bara khana, mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet, drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup, potion, dram, draught, drench, swill, nip, sip, sup, gulp, wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet, grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail, gin, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates, bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer, Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep, near beer, 2 beer, non- alcoholic beverage, eating house, diner, hippophage, glutton, eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary, cereal, cibarious, dietetic, culinary, nutritive, nutritious, gastric, succulent, potable, potulent, bibulous, omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous, ichthyivorous, omophagic, omophagous, pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous, across the walnuts and the wine, blessed hour of our dinners!, now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!, who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?.

VB eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take, gulp, bolt, snap, fall to, despatch, dispatch, discuss, take down, get down, gulp down, lay in, tuck in, lick, pick, peck, gormandize, bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble, live on, feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon, browse, graze, crop, regale, carouse, eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet, break bread, break one's fast, breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup, drink in, drink up, drink one's fill, quaff, sip, sup, suck, suck up, lap, swig, swill, chugalug, tipple, empty one's glass, drain the cup, toss off, toss one's glass, wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle, purvey.