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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
Examples
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.
02
to feed an animal with leftover food or liquid waste
Transitive: to swill an animal
Examples
He swilled the pigs every morning with the kitchen scraps.
The farmer swilled his hogs with a mixture of leftovers from the farm.
Swill
01
liquid or semi-liquid food, often consisting of kitchen scraps mixed with water or milk, typically fed to pigs
Examples
The farmer poured swill into the pig trough.
Pigs eagerly devoured the swill left over from the kitchen.
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