swill
Third Person
swills
Present Participle
swilling
Past Tense
swilled
Past Participle
swilled
1
to quickly and often carelessly consume large amounts of liquid, particularly alcoholic drinks
transitive
- After the victory, they decided to swill celebratory champagne.
- The sailors would gather at the tavern to swill rum after a long day at sea.
- He continued to swill beer throughout the evening, unaware of his alcohol intake.
- The festival attendees swilled mugs of ale as they enjoyed the live music.
- In celebration, they swilled a concoction of tropical fruit juices at the beach.
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2
to feed an animal with leftover food or liquid waste
transitive
- He swilled the pigs every morning with the kitchen scraps.
- The farmer swilled his hogs with a mixture of leftovers from the farm.
- They swilled the animals using a big bucket of food waste.
- She swilled the pigs after lunch, giving them all the vegetable peels.
- She used the discarded food from the market to swill her animals.
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