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to swill
01
to quickly and often carelessly consume large amounts of liquid, particularly alcoholic drinks
Transitive: to swill a liquid
Example
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.
02
to feed an animal with leftover food or liquid waste
Transitive: to swill an animal
Example
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.
Swill
01
wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
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