| anglais > anglais | |
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| swill | |
| 1. n. (collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose. |  |
| 2. n. (by extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid. | |
| I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill. | |
| 3. n. (by extension, figurative) Anything disgusting or worthless. | |
| This new TV show is a worthless load of swill. | |
| 4. n. (informal) A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow. | |
| He took a swill of his drink and tried to think of words. | |
| 5. n. (informal) Inexpensive beer or alcohol. | |
| 6. n. (Ultimate Frisbee) A badly-thrown pass. | |
| 7. v. To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess. | |
| 8. v. To wash (something) by flooding with water. | |
| 9. v. To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive, of a liquid) To move around or over a surface. | |
| 11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To inebriate; to fill with drink. | |
| 12. v. To feed swill to (pigs). | |
