What does "swill" mean?
Swill: Etym: [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.
Additional senses
- 2.To inebriate; to fill with drink. I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers. Milton.
- 3.To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. South.
- 4.The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings.
- 5.Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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