"swill" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\Swill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Swilling}.] [OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian.]
1. To wash; to drench. [Obs.]

         As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and
         jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and
         wasteful ocean.                       --Shak.

2. [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.

3. To inebriate; to fill with drink.

         I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled
         insolence Of such late wassailers.    --Milton.

\Swill\, v. i.
To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. --South.

\Swill\, n.
1. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine;
   hogwash; -- called also {swillings}.

2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive
   quantities.