swill
/swɪl/
noun
- Liquid waste or a mixture of leftover food, often fed to pigs.
- The smell of sour swill hung over the pigpen.
- The farmer collected the swill in a large trough.
- The pigs were fed a bucket of swill from the kitchen.
- Unappetizing or low-quality drink or liquid food.
- The coffee at that diner is nothing but watery swill.
- He refused to drink the cheap swill they served at the party.
- The soup was a tasteless swill of overcooked vegetables.
Synonyms
verb
- To drink something quickly and in large amounts, often noisily.
- He swilled down a glass of water after the long run.
- She swilled the cold tea in one gulp.
- The thirsty workers swilled their lemonade in the hot sun.
- To rinse or wash something by pouring or moving liquid around inside it.
- He swilled the paintbrush in a jar of turpentine.
- She swilled the mug with hot water before pouring the coffee.
- The farmer swilled out the bucket with a hose.