swill
pronunciation
How to pronounce swill in British English:
UK [swɪl]
How to pronounce swill in American English:
US [swɪl]
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- Noun:
- wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
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- Verb:
- feed pigs
- drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
Word Origin
- swill (n.)
- "liquid kitchen refuse fed to pigs," 1550s, from swill (v.).
- swill (v.)
- Old English swilian, swillan "to wash out, gargle," probably from Proto-Germanic *swil-, related to the root of swallow (v.). Meaning "drink greedily" is from 1530s. Related: Swilled; swilling.
Example
- 1. China 's wine , long derided by drinkers outside the country as cheap swill , has taken one tiny step toward respectability this week .
- 2. It was big enough to haul three armloads of firewood , two buckets of swill or a whole summer 's worth of pop bottles picked from along the highway .
- 3. Vietnam 's best fish sauce comes from the island of phu quoc , off the southern coast-so every fish-sauce producer with initiative slaps a " phu quoc " label on his inferior swill .